Japan probe on its way to Mars moon

Japan probe on its way to Mars moon Estelle. Bronkhorst Tue, 10/20/2026 - 08:30 TOKYO - A Japanese spacecraft was on its way to one of Mars's moons on Tuesday on a world-first mission to retrieve samples, potentially helping unlock the origins of the Solar System and life on Earth. The flagship H3 rocket carrying the unmanned Martian Moons eXploration (MMX) probe blasted off into a pitch-black sky