Japan Launches Phobos Sample-Return Mission

“A Japanese spacecraft rocketed toward Mars on Tuesday on a quest to explore its mysterious moons and bring back samples. Five of the world’s space agencies joined forces for the five-year mission that will attempt to land a robotic prospector plus a rover on Phobos, the larger and closer of Mars’ two pint-sized moons. The […] The post Japan Launches Phobos Sample-Return Mission appeared first on Human Progress.