Japan to launch spacecraft on a mission to get samples from a Martian moon
3 sources·Updated October 18, 2026
Japan Mars mission
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- BBC Science·3h agoMission set to blast off for Mars to grab a piece of its moon
A spacecraft is set to launch on an ambitious mission to bring 10g of Martian moon dust back to Earth.
Read at BBC Science → - Guardian International·18h agoJapan to launch world-first mission to collect samples from Martian moon
Japanese space agency leads five-year mission to Phobos, one of ‘most important unclimbed mountains in the solar system’ Japan is to launch a spacecraft on the world’s first mission to bring back samples from Phobos, one of the two small, potato-shaped moons orbiting Mars.…
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