Japan’s H3 rocket launched the MMX probe on Tuesday, starting a three-year mission to collect samples from Phobos and study the origins of the Solar System.
Japan’s H3 rocket launched the MMX probe on Tuesday, starting a three-year mission to collect samples from Phobos and study the origins of the Solar System. I removed ‘Mars’s moon’ to make room, since ‘Phobos’ is already in the text. If you prefer to keep ‘Mars’s moon’, here is a shorter alternative that still fits
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