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JAXA Plans To Bring Back Pristine Early Solar System Samples From A Comet
Japan’s space agency, JAXA, has been knocking it out of the park with small-body exploration missions for decades. They had historic successes with both Hayabusa and Hayabusa2, and they are going to visit the Martian Moons soon with the Martian Moons eXploration (MMX) mission. But after that, they are aiming for something much more pristine and arguably more difficult - a comet. The Next Generation Small-Body Return (NGSR) was recently described…
The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) has announced plans for the Next Generation Small-Body Sample Return (NGSR) mission, which aims to collect samples from comet 289P/Blanpain. The mission, currently under evaluation for launch in the 2030s, seeks to understand the formation of the solar system and the origin of materials that may have contributed to life on Earth. Objectives of the NGSR Mission The main objectives of the NGSR mission …
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