NASA contributed to this first-of-its-kind mission that may help us understand how our solar system formed.

Japan is heading to Mars' mysterious moons. Here's how its ambitious mission could bring pieces of one back to Earth ...

A Japanese spacecraft is rocketing toward Mars on a quest to explore its mysterious moons and bring back samples.

The five-year mission will attempt to land a robotic prospector plus a rover on Phobos, the larger and closer of Mars’ two ...

NASA's Skyfall mission is designed to be the first mission to fly a team of instrument-carrying helicopters on Mars, Karman said. NASA is targeting a November 2028 launch window. Write to Natalie ...

MINAMITANE, Japan, Oct 20 (Reuters) - Japan launched an uncrewed spacecraft toward the Martian moon Phobos on Tuesday on a ...

This week on SpaceBeat, host Rob Landers talks with space team reporter Eric Lagatta about Japan's Mars moon mission and ...

Lift-off: the Martian Moons eXploration mission will aim to collect 10g of material from Phobos (courtesy: JAXA) Japan has ...

Japan's MMX spacecraft launched aboard an H3 rocket on October 20, aiming to collect samples from Mars moon Phobos and return ...

For the first time ever, a spacecraft will travel all the way to the Mars system and return. But first, it has to get through the launch ...