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Japan is launching a probe to collect the first-ever samples from a Martian moon
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Japan is launching a probe to collect the first-ever samples from a Martian moon

So, Japan's space agency JAXA is gearing up for an exciting mission called MMX, aiming to collect samples from Phobos, one of Mars' moons. This will be the first time we bring back rocks from a Martian moon, which is just mind-blowing! The probe will take about a year to reach Mars, followed by three years of operations, and if all goes well, we could have those samples back on Earth by 2031. One of the big questions this mission hopes to answer is how Mars' moons formed, which could change our understanding of the solar system.
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