Japan is preparing to launch the MMX mission, aimed at retrieving samples from Phobos, a Martian moon, to enhance our ...

Japan's MMX mission will collect at least 10 grams of material from Phobos and return it to Earth by 2031, aiming to resolve ...

For the first time, samples are to be brought back to Earth from one of Mars' moons. On board the space probe launched into ...

Japan launched a $578 million mission Monday on a five-year expedition to land on the largest moon of Mars and retrieve ...

The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, or JAXA, successfully launched an H3 rocket carrying the Martian Moons eXploration, or MMX, probe on Tuesday. The No. 10 H3 rocket lifted off from the ...

Japan's Mars mission will attempt the first sample return from a Martian moon, with Phobos material expected to reach Earth ...

It's day 9 of the lunar cycle.

The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) plans to launch its Martian Moons eXploration (MMX) mission today at 3:41 p.m. ET. The first-of-its-kind endeavor will send a spacecraft to survey both of ...

JAXA's MMX mission will embark on a 5-year journey to land on Phobos, collect pristine samples, and unlock the secret origin ...

Japan's space exploration project, "MMX (Martian Moons eXploration)."This is an international joint mission led by JAXA that ...

The spacecraft is scheduled to lift off from the Tanegashima Space Center in Japan at 4:41 am local time on 20 October, or ...

Landing on the Moon remains a major engineering challenge, even with modern computers, laser sensors, and autonomous ...