An H3 rocket lifts off from Japan’s Tanegashima Space Center on Oct. 19 to send the MMX spacecraft on its way to Mars.
Credit: JAXA webcast
A pioneering mission to study a pair of Martian moons and return a soil sample to Earth lifted off Oct. 19 aboard a Mitsubishi Heavy Industries’ H3 rocket from Japan’s Tanegashima Space Center. Perched on top of the rocket was the Martian Moons Exploration (MMX) spacecraft, a project of the Japan...
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