Japan launches spacecraft to Mars' moons to bring back Phobos soil samples

Valeria López · 14 likes

captured asteroid vs impact debris is a fun mystery, I'm team impact debris

Elif Yılmaz · 0 likes

the spectra look asteroid-like but the orbits fit impact better, its genuinely unclear

Miguel Santos · 8 likes

the launch footage from tanegashima was gorgeous

Rapid Comet · 4 likes

japanese launch broadcasts are so calm and wholesome

Minji Kim · 2 likes

Mars sample return from NASA is a budget mess so phobos samples might come back first

Priya Nair · 4 likes

thats kind of funny and kind of sad

Jan Nowak · 1 likes

JAXA quietly being the GOAT of sample return

Camila Soto · 0 likes

hayabusa2 bringing back ryugu samples was incredible

Valeria López · 0 likes

and they did it on a fraction of NASA's budgets

Tanvir Rahman · 0 likes

also carrying a rover built with germany and france iirc

Amelia Hughes · 8 likes

yep IDEFIX, cutest rover name ever

Maya Putri · 0 likes

return is like 2031 right? see you all in 5 years

Bianca Santos · 1 likes

set a reminder on orbit 😂

Diego García · 1 likes

orbit will still be here, right? right??