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  "id": 15681977,
  "title": "Japan Successfully Launches Rocket with Martian Moon Probe",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/20/japan-successfully-launches-rocket-with-martian-moon-probe",
  "topic": "business",
  "section": "Business",
  "published": "2026-10-20T01:11:32.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Nippon.com News",
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    "url": "https://www.nippon.com/en/news/yjj2026102000118/"
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  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "Tokyo, Oct. 20 (Jiji Press)--The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, or JAXA, successfully launched an H3 rocket carrying the Martian Moons eXploration, or MMX, probe on Tuesday. The No. 10 H3 rocket took off from the Tanegashima Space Center in Kagoshima Prefecture, southwestern Japan, at 4:41 a.m. About 1 hour and 11 minutes later, the rocket successfully placed the MMX into its planned o...",
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        "published": "2026-10-19T16:56:25.000Z"
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        "outlet": "NDTV",
        "title": "Japan Launches World-First Mission To Moon Of Mars",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/19/japan-launches-world-first-mission-to-moon-of-mars-15657036",
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        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/19/japan-launches-world-first-mission-to-moon-of-mars",
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        "title": "Japan launches mission to return samples from Mars moon",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/19/japan-launches-mission-to-return-samples-from-mars-moon",
        "published": "2026-10-19T20:39:55.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "ABC News AU",
        "title": "Japan launches first mission to collect samples from Martian moon",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/19/japan-launches-first-mission-to-collect-samples-from-martian-moon",
        "published": "2026-10-19T21:22:16.000Z"
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        "outlet": "CBS News",
        "title": "Japan launches ambitious robotic mission to Martian moon Phobos",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/19/japan-launches-ambitious-robotic-mission-to-martian-moon-phobos",
        "published": "2026-10-19T21:42:23.000Z"
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      {
        "outlet": "The Mainichi",
        "title": "Japan launches spacecraft to mysterious moons of Mars in a bold mission to bring home soil samples",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/20/japan-launches-spacecraft-to-mysterious-moons-of-mars-in-a-bold",
        "published": "2026-10-20T00:20:41.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "France 24",
        "title": "Japan launches mission to explore Mars' moons and bring back samples",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/20/japan-launches-mission-to-explore-mars-moons-and-bring-back-samples",
        "published": "2026-10-20T01:29:41.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Al Jazeera",
        "title": "Japan launches historic mission to bring back Mars moon samples",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/20/japan-launches-historic-mission-to-bring-back-mars-moon-samples",
        "published": "2026-10-20T04:08:33.000Z"
      }
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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."
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