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AUDIO: Japan launches historic mission to collect samples from Martian moon

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It is hoped the mission to Mars's moon will provide new insights about the origin of water. (Supplied: JAXA)

Today Japan has launched a world-first mission to collect samples from one of Mars' moons, a project Australia is also playing a part in.  

Scientists hope this mission - which is expected to take five years - will provide clues to how the moon Phobos and its smaller sibling Deimos formed.

Sarah Morice spoke with Associate Professor Alice Gorman, a space archaeologist at Flinders University.

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