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India
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USA
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Japan
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China
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Detailed explanation-1: -The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, or JAXA, plans to launch an explorer in 2024 to land on the Martian moon Phobos to collect 10 grams of soil and bring it back to Earth in 2029.
Detailed explanation-2: -With a diameter of 27 kilometers, Phobos is the larger of Mars’ two moons. A Franco-German rover will land on Phobos in 2027 as part of the Japanese MMX mission.
Detailed explanation-3: -So far, no samples have been returned to Earth, the goal of a Mars sample-return mission, but the soil has been studied remotely with the use of Mars rovers and Mars orbiters.
Detailed explanation-4: -The Mars 2020 Perseverance Rover mission is part of NASA’s Mars Exploration Program, a long-term effort of robotic exploration of the Red Planet. The mission addresses high-priority science goals for Mars exploration, including key questions about the potential for life on Mars.
Detailed explanation-5: -NOZOMI (PLANET-B) was Japan’s first Mars explorer and its main mission was to research on interaction between Martian upper atmosphere and solar wind, observation of Martian magnetic field, remote-sensing of Martian surface and satellites.