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October 30th, 2023
Image credit: JAXA
Mars itself is a world of puzzlement, particularly whether or not it’s home for past or even present-day life. But put that aside for the moment. The Red Planet is circled by a couple of oddballs.
The two moons of Mars, Phobos and Deimos, are brainteasers as to how they got there and what they are made of. Nobody knows for sure.
Image credit: DLR
But now an audacious, adventurous undertaking is being readied for launch. Japan’s Martian Moons eXploration (MMX) spacecraft mission involves drilling and sampling Phobos, then rocket the collectibles to Earth.
For more information on this creative mission go to – “New Japanese spacecraft aims to explore the mysterious moons of Mars: Those two moons of Mars are celestially eccentric oddities” – at:
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