# Japan launches unprecedented mission to return samples from Mars’ moon Phobos

https://mins.news/en/item/107275

- euronews, 2026-10-20 04:19 UTC
- Science
- Original: https://www.euronews.com/2026/10/20/japan-launches-unprecedented-mission-to-bring-back-samples-from-mars-moon-phobos

> NASA has landed nine spacecraft on Mars over the past 50 years, and China landed there in 2021. But no spacecraft has yet visited Phobos or Deimos, and no samples have been returned from Mars or its moons.

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