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JAXA’s Martian Moons eXploration (MMX) mission will now launch in 2026, two years later than previously planned. Credit: JAXA NEW ORLEANS — The launch of a Japanese mission to collect samples from the ...

Update: The launch date of this mission has been moved to 2026. A piece of Mars’s biggest moon is coming back to Earth. The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) is sending a spacecraft to Phobos ...

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Experts speculate a new Phobos mission could launch by 2030, leveraging advancements in propulsion and AI for safer trajectories. The Phobos-Grunt mission, Russia’s endeavor to explore Mars' moon ...

The exploration of the Martian moons, Phobos and Deimos, has evolved into a multifaceted endeavour that combines orbital dynamics, surface geology and sample-return missions to unravel the mysteries ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I cover aerospace, astronomy & hosted The Cosmic Controversy Podcast. Mars' mysterious moons of Deimos and Phobos have long ...

Previously unpublished photos of Mars' moon Phobos hint that the mysterious satellite may actually be a trapped comet — or perhaps just a piece of one, along with its twin moon Deimos. When you ...

The mystery of how Mars acquired its moons, Phobos and Deimos, may start to be unravelled in 2026 with the launch of a spacecraft that will eventually bring a chunk of Phobos back to Earth. “We are ...