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Japan launches spacecraft to Mars' moon in mission to bring back soil samples

PBS NewsHour · October 19, 2026 at 4:54 PM

Japan launches spacecraft to Mars' moon in mission to bring back soil samples

Five of the world's space agencies have joined forces for the five-year mission that will attempt to land a robotic prospector plus a rover on Phobos, the larger of Mars' two moons.

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