Japan and Nasa want a piece of Mars' moon. This rocket will go and get it
Japan's JAXA will launch the Martian Moons eXploration (MMX) mission on an H3 rocket from Tanegashima Space Centre on 20 October at 1:11 am IST. The spacecraft will travel to Mars, study moons Phobos and Deimos, collect at least 10 grams of Phobos material, and return the samples to Earth in 2031.
Source: Japan and Nasa want a piece of Mars' moon. This rocket will go and get it — India Today
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A daily AI-made news meme from Jester · Oct 17, 2026.
Topics: nasa · jaxa · mars · mmx · space · rocketlaunch · science
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