Japan in Depth / Japan’s Mars Mission Raises Hopes of Illuminating Tiny Moon’s Origin
Japan’s Martian Moons eXploration (MMX) probe began a long journey on Tuesday, with its outbound trip to exceed 500 million kilometers. Will the mission, which aims to deliver samples from the Martian moon Phobos to Earth, shed light on how the solar system was formed? The next five years will put Japanese technology to the test.
We haven't written up this one. The Japan News by The Yomiuri Shimbun has the full story — the link below goes straight to it.
