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Japan launches first round-trip sample-return mission to Mars

Japan's space agency has launched the Martian Moons Exploration probe, which will study Mars' moons Phobos and Deimos and bring rock samples back to Earth in about five years.

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Japan's space agency has launched the Martian Moons Exploration probe, which will study Mars' moons Phobos and Deimos and bring rock samples back to Earth in about five years.