Space

Deep Dive: Japan to launch spacecraft on a mission to get samples from a Martian moon

Ran in the 6:05 PM edition of LivePulse, Monday, October 19, 2026
Original reporting: Phys.org Space, 2026-10-18

Japan is set 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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