Tom Statler

MMX program executive and program scientist, NASA

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Japan launches mission to bring back the first samples from Mars's moon

Coordinating NASA participation in the mission

Japan's Mars Moons eXploration (MMX) spacecraft lifted off from Tanegashima Space Center on October 19, beginning a five-year round trip that would return the first samples ever collected from another planet's moon. The target is Phobos, the larger of Mars's two moons.

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