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Japan's MMX Martian Moon Probe is Unlikely to Bring Back Dangerous Martian Microbes: Tokyo Institute of Technology
November 08, 2019
TOKYO, Japan, Nov. 8 [TNSscientificresearch-Life Sciences in Space Research journal] -- Tokyo Institute of Technology issued the following news:

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- A Japanese research team has assessed the probability that Martian microbes that might have contaminated Mars' moons would be returned to Earth by JAXA's Martian Moons eXploration (MMX) sample return mission.

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Japan's Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) plans to send the Mar . . .

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