This small martian satellite, the mission target for MMX, is destined to be shredded, changing the Red Planet forever.

JAXA said on Wednesday that the MMX spacecraft is in good health and teams are on track to conduct functional checks in the ...

Japan launched a historic quest to land on Mars’ moon Phobos and return the first-ever soil samples from the Martian system ...

Lift-off: the Martian Moons eXploration mission will aim to collect 10g of material from Phobos (courtesy: JAXA) Japan has ...

Japan has launched a Mars mission set to bring back moon material that could illuminate the dawn of the solar system and how the two satellites […] ...

The MMX mission aims to collect the samples from Mars’s moon Phobos and complete a round-trip to Earth—something which has ...

Japan has launched the MMX spacecraft on an H3 rocket for a five-year mission to study Phobos, collect at least 10 grams of material and return the samples to Earth in 2031.

Japan's Mars probe has launched. If successful, it will be the first mission to land on a Martian moon and return samples to ...

Japan’s MMX spacecraft launched on Tuesday, Oct. 20, and will collect soil from Phobos, one of Mars’ two moons.

Japan has launched MMX toward Mars, aiming to return at least 10 grams of material from Phobos in 2031. The mission will test competing explanations for the origins of Phobos and Deimos and ...

A Japanese spacecraft is on its way to study Mars' 2 moons. But that's not all: It will also attempt to bring a piece of ...

A spacecraft has launched from Japan headed for Mars' moon Phobos, where it will attempt to grab some moondust and bring it ...