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  "id": 15712161,
  "title": "Japan takes aim at the moons of Mars with French and German technology",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/20/japan-takes-aim-at-the-moons-of-mars-with-french-and-german-technology",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-20T06:14:46.000Z",
  "source": {
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    "url": "https://www.rfi.fr/en/japan-takes-aim-at-the-moons-of-mars-with-french-and-german-technology-space-exploration"
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  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "Japan has launched a spacecraft to Mars’s two small moons in a mission that could shed light on their mysterious origins. With French and German technology on board, the MMX probe aims to collect material from Phobos and deliver it to Earth in 2031.",
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        "outlet": "The Economic Times",
        "title": "Japan to launch world-first mission to moon of Mars",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/19/japan-to-launch-world-first-mission-to-moon-of-mars",
        "published": "2026-10-19T16:36:29.000Z"
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      {
        "outlet": "Channel News Asia",
        "title": "Japan to launch world-first mission to moon of Mars",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/19/japan-to-launch-world-first-mission-to-moon-of-mars-15644267",
        "published": "2026-10-19T18:57:19.000Z"
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      {
        "outlet": "Phys.org",
        "title": "Japan to launch world-first mission to moon of Mars",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/19/japan-to-launch-world-first-mission-to-moon-of-mars-15647313",
        "published": "2026-10-19T19:30:01.000Z"
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      {
        "outlet": "New Straits Times",
        "title": "Japan successfully launches probe in historic Mars moon mission",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/19/japan-successfully-launches-probe-in-historic-mars-moon-mission",
        "published": "2026-10-19T22:12:57.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Free Malaysia Today",
        "title": "Japan successfully launches probe in historic Mars moon mission",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/19/japan-successfully-launches-probe-in-historic-mars-moon-mission-15668276",
        "published": "2026-10-19T22:34:49.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "RTE News",
        "title": "Japan spacecraft en route to moon of Mars",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/20/japan-spacecraft-en-route-to-moon-of-mars",
        "published": "2026-10-20T02:27:23.000Z"
      }
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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."
}