A Japanese spacecraft successfully set off on a journey to one of Mars' moons late Monday in a race to become the first mission to return samples to Earth and potentially unlock the mysterious origins of the Solar System . The uncrewed Martian Moons eXploration (MMX) mission is expected to reach Mars in August 2027. It will attempt to collect samples from Phobos, the larger of the planet's two moons, and deploy the German-French rover IDEFIX to explore the surface. To view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a web browser that supports HTML5 video The flagship H3 rocket carrying the MMX probe lifted off into a pitch-black sky from the Tanegashima Space Center at 4:41 a.m.
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