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Japan successfully launches probe in historic Mars moon mission
The aim of the mission is to reveal how Mars and its two moons formed, in a bid to work out how the solar system was born.
Oct 19, 2026 · StaffOriginally on Wedgetail
Japan successfully launches probe on world's 1st Martian moon sample mission
The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency on Tuesday said it successfully launched a spacecraft on the world's first mission to cRead full story here
Oct 19, 2026 · StaffOriginally on Wedgetail
Japan launches MMX probe to become first to collect soil samples from Mars’ moon Phobos
The spacecraft is expected to return to Earth in 2031
Oct 19, 2026 · StaffOriginally on Wedgetail
BREAKING NEWS: Japan successfully launches probe in Martian moon mission: space agency
BREAKING NEWS: Japan successfully launches probe in Martian moon mission: space agency Read full story here
Oct 19, 2026 · StaffOriginally on Wedgetail
Japan successfully launches probe in historic Mars moon mission
The flagship H3 rocket carrying the unmanned Martian Moons eXploration (MMX) probe blasted off into a pitch black sky from the Tanegashima Space Cente...
Oct 19, 2026 · StaffOriginally on Wedgetail
Japan launches first mission to collect samples from Martian moon
An international space mission aiming to collect sand and rock from one of Mars's moons is expected to land in Australia once the sample is retrieved.
Oct 19, 2026 · StaffOriginally on Wedgetail
Russian satellite stalked ICEYE spacecraft in potentially dangerous on-orbit maneuvers
The Cosmos 2612 came within 500 meters (about a third of a mile) to US-flagged ICEYE-X36 believed to be supporting Ukraine, according to LeoLabs.
Oct 19, 2026 · StaffOriginally on Wedgetail
Russian satellite stalked ICEYE spacecraft in potentially dangerous on-orbit maneuvers
The Cosmos 2612 came within 500 meters (about a third of a mile) to US-flagged ICEYE-X36 believed to be supporting Ukraine, according to LeoLabs.
Oct 19, 2026 · StaffOriginally on Wedgetail
Russian spacecraft maneuvers in "extreme proximity" to satellite used by Ukraine
"Kosmos 2612 closed from hundreds of kilometers away to extreme proximity to ICEYE-X36."
Oct 19, 2026 · StaffOriginally on Wedgetail
OHB Wins ESA Study Deal for Lunar Infrastructure
OHB has won a new lunar infrastructure deal from the European Space Agency (ESA). Its subsidiary, OHB System AG, has won a feasibility and preliminary...
Oct 19, 2026 · StaffOriginally on Wedgetail
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.
Oct 19, 2026 · StaffOriginally on Wedgetail
Japan launches probe in historic bid to collect sample from Mars moon
The five-year mission — the first to attempt to land on a Martian moon — could shed light on the origins of the solar system and life on Earth.
Oct 19, 2026 · StaffOriginally on Wedgetail