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MMX Phobos Mars

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Japan launches sample-return mission to Martian moon Phobos

by Jeff Foust October 19, 2026October 19, 2026

Japan has launched an ambitious mission that will be the first to attempt to return samples from a moon of Mars.

H3 F(

H3 launches navigation satellite

by Jeff Foust August 11, 2026August 11, 2026

NSAS JAXA MOU

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New Singapore space agency seeks to build up the country’s space industry

by Jeff Foust July 8, 2026July 8, 2026

H3 launch

H3 successfully returns to flight

by Jeff Foust June 12, 2026June 12, 2026

Ramses Apophis

Civil

ESA and JAXA finalize agreement on Apophis asteroid mission

by Jeff Foust May 10, 2026May 10, 2026

Electron launch

Electron launches Japanese cubesats

by Jeff Foust April 23, 2026April 23, 2026

H3 F8 payload fairing

H3 failure linked to payload fairing separation anomaly

by Jeff Foust January 26, 2026January 26, 2026

Japan’s H3 suffers second-stage anomaly, QZS-5 satellite lost

by Andrew Jones December 22, 2025December 22, 2025

Electron launch of RAISE-4

Rocket Lab launches JAXA tech demo satellite

by Jeff Foust December 14, 2025December 14, 2025

H3 HTV-X1 launch

H3 launches first HTV-X cargo spacecraft

by Jeff Foust October 25, 2025October 25, 2025

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