{
  "id": 2109563,
  "title": "JAXA to Launch Mars Moon Exploration Spacecraft on Oct. 20",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/20/jaxa-to-launch-mars-moon-exploration-spacecraft-on-oct-20",
  "topic": "science",
  "section": "Science",
  "published": "2026-08-20T09:27:41.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Nippon.com News",
    "slug": "nippon-com-news",
    "url": "https://www.nippon.com/en/news/yjj2026082000772/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "Tokyo, Aug. 20 (Jiji Press)--The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, or JAXA, said Thursday that it will launch an H3 rocket carrying a Mars moon exploration spacecraft on Oct. 20. The No. 10 H3 rocket is scheduled to blast off from JAXA's Tanegashima Space Center in Kagoshima Prefecture, southwestern Japan, at 4:41:03 a.m. that day. The Martian Moons eXploration, or MMX, spacecraft is e...",
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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."
}