MARTIAN MOONS EXPLORATION
Japan’s next sample-collection feat will be to the second and third closest natural satellites in the Solar System
J apan has a very adept space agency in terms of exploration. The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, or JAXA, has engineered the launches of the Hayabusa missions to near-Earth asteroids and the Akatsuki space probe to Venus. Although the Hayabusa2 spacecraft is the only mission so far to occur without a hiccup, there is much to learn from these mistakes, and JAXA is now readying itself to launch a new mission to Mars’ moons, Phobos and Deimos.