It's what we'd use to go to, eventually,to Mars or to the moons of Mars."

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The first observations were made of Deimos, the smaller of Mars' two moons.

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The probe was built to land on the larger of Mars' two moons, Phobos, and scoop up rock to bring back to Earth.

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With its superior lift capability, the SLS will expand our reach in the solar system and allow us to explore cis-lunar space, near-Earth asteroids, Mars and its moons and beyond.

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