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How UK scientists are helping the MMX space mission grab the best sample of soil from Mars’ moon Phobos

Mars has two small moons, Phobos and Deimos, but their origins remain uncertain. Were they asteroids captured by Mars’ gravity, or did they form from debris following a giant impact on the planet?

The Conversation · 9h ago

Japan takes aim at the moons of Mars with French and German technology

Japan has launched a spacecraft to Mars’s two small moons in a mission that could shed light on their mysterious origins. With French and German technology on board, the MMX probe aims to collect material from Phobos and deliver it to Earth in 2031.

Radio France Internationale · Oct 20

‘Once-in-a-lifetime chance’: Japan launches historic mission to collect rocks from Mars’s moon Phobos

Scientists hope Martian material collected will shed light on the origins of the solar system and life on Earth

The Guardian - AU · Oct 19