O premieră în explorarea spațiului. Japonia trimite o sondă spre o lună misterioasă a planetei Marte

Japan is set to launch a groundbreaking space mission to collect soil samples from Phobos, one of Mars' moons, and return them to Earth. The mission, led by JAXA, aims to uncover the origins of Phobos and Deimos and potentially provide insights into the beginnings of life in the solar system. The MMX spacecraft will be launched using a Japanese H-3 rocket and is expected to reach Mars in August 2027, spending three years studying Phobos. A rover named Idefix will first land on Phobos to explore its surface. The mission will attempt to collect at least 10 grams of soil, with samples expected to return to Earth by 2031.