France, Japan aim to land probe on Mars moon

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France and Japan want to recover pieces of a Martian Moon and bring them back to Earth, the head of France's National Centre for Space Studies (CNES) said Thursday.
The Martian Moons Exploration project would launch a probe in 2024 destined for Phobos, the largest and closest of two moons circling the Red Planet.
Paris and Tokyo signed a preliminary agreement on Monday, and will make a final decision before the end of the year, CNES president Jean-Yves Le Gall told AFP.
"It's a very important mission because—besides the Moon—it would be the first time samples from the satellite of a planet would be brought back to Earth," he said by phone.

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