Tokyo, Japan—A Japanese spacecraft was on its way to one of Mars’s moons on Tuesday on a world-first mission to retrieve ...

French rover Idefix is set to launch towards Mars on Tuesday, with plans to land the rover on the Martian moon Phobos in 2029. The uncrewed mission, known as Martian Moons eXploration (MMX) and led by ...

The spacecraft, due to arrive near Mars around August next year, aims to become the first to retrieve samples from one of its ...

NASA's Perseverance Mars rover has broken the record for the farthest distance driven on a world beyond Earth, passing its smaller cousin Opportunity.

Japan’s MMX mission will explore Phobos, one of Mars’s two mysterious moons, and attempt to return surface samples to Earth.

Japan launches MMX probe on world-first mission to Mars moon Phobos to collect samples and study the origins of the solar ...

The Japanese spacecraft is expected to enter Phobos' orbit in August while a rover will survey the surface. A Japanese ...

Japanese scientists launched a spacecraft that aims to be the first to retrieve samples from one of Mars's moons, potentially ...

The MMX spacecraft is on its way to Mars' moon Phobos to collect surface samples that could help answer long-standing questions about the formation of the Solar System.

The flagship H3 rocket carrying the unmanned Martian Moons eXploration (MMX) probe blasted off into a pitch black sky from ...