Japan launches spacecraft to mysterious moons of Mars in a bold mission to bring home soil samples

A local business story from Virginia, reported by 13News Now Norfolk.

Local Business · Virginia · October 19, 2026

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Five of the world's space agencies have joined forces for the five-year mission that will attempt to land a robotic prospector plus a rover on Mars' moon Phobos.

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