JAXA is about to perform a Phobos sample return mission

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• Animats1 hour ago
  Nice. These missions that tell us the basics about objects in the Solar System are more useful than, say, re-visiting the moon or Mars.<p>Venus and Europa could use some attention. Anything underway?
  • tagami1 hour ago
    Europa clipper launched 2 years ago arrives in 2030. DAVINCI, a Venusian probe, is slated net 2033
  • godshatter58 minutes ago
    Apparently five Venus missions (DAVINCI, VERITAS, Envision, Venus Life Finder, and Venus Orbiter) all in the next five years or so: <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.space.com&#x2F;astronomy&#x2F;venus&#x2F;these-5-venus-missions-could-launch-in-the-next-decade-to-study-earths-evil-twin" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.space.com&#x2F;astronomy&#x2F;venus&#x2F;these-5-venus-missions...</a><p>For Europa, Europa Clipper Mission (already on the way): <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;science.nasa.gov&#x2F;mission&#x2F;europa-clipper&#x2F;mission-timeline&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;science.nasa.gov&#x2F;mission&#x2F;europa-clipper&#x2F;mission-time...</a><p>... and JUICE (already on the way): <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.esa.int&#x2F;Science_Exploration&#x2F;Space_Science&#x2F;Juice" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.esa.int&#x2F;Science_Exploration&#x2F;Space_Science&#x2F;Juice</a><p>There might be others, those are just what I found in a quick search.
• dvh2 hours ago
  I hope they make some photos of Phobos monolith: <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;Phobos_monolith" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;Phobos_monolith</a>
• TGower2 hours ago
  JAXA does great work, they also publish the highest resolution open access global surface elevation model. Really impressive for a country with about 1&#x2F;10th the GDP of the US.
• hbarka1 hour ago
  I wonder how this mission compares in scale to the JAXA Hayabusa comet interceptor done twenty years ago.