# Japan launches mission to collect first-ever samples from a Mars moon

https://mins.news/en/item/106900

- TRT World, 2026-10-19 21:32 UTC
- Science
- Original: https://www.trtworld.com/article/4e25bb481113

> Japan’s H3 rocket carried a probe into space on a pioneering mission to collect samples from a Martian moon.

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