Japan’s space agency has launched the Martian Moons Exploration probe, which will study Mars’ moons Phobos and Deimos and bring rock samples back to Earth in about five years.

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  • Caroline Mercer
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    10 days ago

    Didn’t Japan promise asteroid dust samples before? Oh wait, that’s exactly what Hayabusa did. Different rock, same hype.