Technology
Japan Launches Probe for World's First Sample-Return Mission from Martian Moon
JAXA said Tuesday it successfully launched a spacecraft on the world's first mission to collect rock and sand samples from one of Mars' moons. The agency says the mission is a pioneering, unprecedented effort expected to yield new scientific data on the origins and formation of Mars and its moons. JAXA's initial announcement did not give full details on the mission timeline or when the samples would return to Earth.