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Japan launches mission to Mars to bring back samples from its moon

Sky News World · 19 October 2026 at 21:04

Japan launches mission to Mars to bring back samples from its moon

Japan launched a spacecraft towards Mars in a ground-breaking mission to bring back samples from the largest of the planet's two moons.

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