ScienceJapan’s Phobos mission could unlock secrets of the Solar System

Name: Japan’s Phobos mission could unlock secrets of the Solar System
Uploaded: 2026-10-20T08:06:28.000Z
Description: A Japanese spacecraft is heading to Phobos, one of Mars’s moons, on a world-first mission to collect samples that could help explain the origins of the Solar System and life on Earth. Its unmanned MMX probe launched aboard an H3 rocket from Tanegashima Space Center. JAXA said it received signals as expected and the spacecraft is operating normally.

A Japanese spacecraft is heading to Phobos, one of Mars’s moons, on a world-first mission to collect samples that could help explain the origins of the Solar System and life on Earth. Its unmanned MMX probe launched aboard an H3 rocket from Tanegashima Space Center. JAXA said it received signals as expected and the spacecraft is operating normally.

CNA 2026-10-20 08:06