Japan's space agency JAXA is about to launch a spacecraft to the Mars system that will attempt to grab a sample from one of its two moons, Phobos. Credit: NASA / JPL-Caltech / GSFC / Univ. of Arizona ...
Twelve days from now, Japan's most ambitious deep-space mission ever built will rise from Tanegashima Space Center on a rocket that has itself had a troubled road to this moment. The Japan Aerospace ...
Japan has launched a spacecraft designed to become the first mission to retrieve samples from one of Mars' moons, potentially providing crucial insights into the origins of the Solar System and the ...