{
  "id": 15673292,
  "title": "‘Once-in-a-lifetime chance’: Japan launches historic mission to collect rocks from Mars’s moon Phobos",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/19/once-in-a-lifetime-chance-japan-launches-historic-mission-to-collect",
  "topic": "science",
  "section": "Science",
  "published": "2026-10-19T23:37:57.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Guardian Science",
    "slug": "guardian-science",
    "url": "https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/oct/20/japan-mars-moon-mission-phobos-collect-rocks"
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  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "Scientists hope Martian material collected will shed light on the origins of the solar system and life on Earth Japan has successfully launched a spacecraft on an unprecedented mission to bring back samples from one of Mars’s moons that scientists hope will shed light on the origins of the solar system and life on Earth. The Martian Moons Exploration (MMX) spacecraft, propelled by Japan’s…",
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}