The 10th H3 rocket lifted off from the Tanegashima Space Center in Kagoshima Prefecture at 4.41 am local time, carrying the Martian Moons eXploration (MMX) probe developed by the Japan Aerospace ...

On October 20th its Martian Moons eXploration (MMX) mission lifted off from Tanegashima, an island in southern Japan. The ...

Japan’s Martian Moons eXploration (MMX) probe began a long journey on Tuesday, with its outbound trip to exceed 500 million kilometers. Will the mission, which aims to deliver samples from the Martian ...

CAPE CANAVERAL SPACE FORCE STATION — NASA and Blue Origin are planning to launch the ESCAPADE mission, where a pair of satellites will study Mars' magnetosphere. ESCAPADE will eventually help future ...

Japan has launched the MMX spacecraft on an H3 rocket for a five-year mission to study Phobos, collect at least 10 grams of material and return the samples to Earth in 2031.

NASA’s Perseverance rover just broke the longest off-planet driving distance record thanks largely to its impressive auto ...

Japanese space agency JAXA has successfully launched a mission to visit the moons of Mars — and bring a sample back to Earth.

Five of the world’s space agencies joined forces for the five-year mission that will try to land a robotic prospector plus a ...

October 19, 2026 8:12 pm ET | The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, JAXAm successfully launch the Martian Moons eXploration mission, MMX, to Mars on October 19, 2026 EDT (October 20, 2026 in Japan).

An ambitious Mars mission launched from the Tanegashima Space Center in Japan on Monday afternoon. Led by the Japan Aerospace ...

The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency's spacecraft is expected to reach the Martian system in August 2027 and return samples ...