JAXA’S MMX Mars Mission Readies for Launch with Two NASA Instruments
Japan's MMX mission launches next week to land on Phobos, grab samples in seconds using a pneumatic collector, and haul them back to Earth by 2031. NASA is chipping in two instruments and $87 million to help settle whether Mars's moons are captured asteroids or collision debris.
— via SpacePolicyOnline, Marcia Smith
