Aerospace & Spaceflight Japan Launches Five-Year Mission to Return First Martian-System Samples David WhitakerOctober 20, 2026October 20, 20260 Japan has launched the first mission designed to bring physical material from Mars or either of its moons back to…
Aerospace & Spaceflight Japan Launches First Mission to Bring Back Phobos Samples After Russian Failures David WhitakerOctober 19, 2026October 19, 20260 Japan is scheduled to launch the world’s first mission intended to bring samples back from Phobos, the larger of Mars’…