https://techcrunch.com/2020/02/20/japanese-mission-to-land-a-rover-on-a-martian-moon-and-bring-back-a-sample-is-a-go/

A bold mission by the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) to Mars’ two moons, including a lander component for one of them, is all set to enter the development phase after the plan was submitted to the Japanese government’s science ministry this week.

Dubbed the ‘Martian Moons Exploration’ (MMX) mission, the goal is to launch the probe in 2024, using the new H-3 rocket being developed by Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, which is expected to launch for the first time sometime later in 2020. The probe will survey and observe both Phobos and Deimos, the two moons that orbit the red planet, which are both smaller and more irregularly shaped than Earth’s Moon.