sample return mission led by JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency). The spacecraft will survey both moons to determine their origin and collect samples of Phobos to bring to Earth for study.

It will also carry the MMX rover from DLR and CNES and set it down on Phobos ... of the mission, the mother probe will collect soil samples, taking into account the knowledge gained by the rover, ...

In 2026 the Japanese Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) are launching the Martian Moons eXploration (MMX) spacecraft, which is a sample-return mission that will bring pieces of Phobos back to ...

That mission, in conjunction with NASA and French and German space agencies, will collect detailed measurements of Mars' two moons and land on Phobos, the larger lunar body, to collect a sample ...