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Japan's space agency JAXA launched the Martian Moons eXploration spacecraft on an H3 rocket from Tanegashima. The probe aims to collect at least 10 grams of material from Phobos and return it to Earth in 2031.
Uzbekistan became the 77th signatory of NASA's Artemis Accords at a ceremony in Samarkand. The US and five Central Asian governments backed closer transport and critical minerals cooperation, and Uzbekistan advanced a $12bn business package with US firms.
NASA said progress is underway on the nuclear power module for SR-1 Freedom, which it describes as the first fission-powered spacecraft to travel outside Earth's orbit.
NASA released a James Webb Space Telescope image showing stars previously hidden by dust in the stellar nursery NGC 7129, about 3,300 light-years away.
A Russian military satellite, Kosmos-2612, maneuvered for several days within less than five kilometers of a commercial US satellite that supplies images to Ukraine, space-tracking specialists said.
JAXA's H3 rocket launched the Martian Moons eXploration probe from Tanegashima Space Center, beginning a mission to collect at least 10 grams of material from Phobos. It would be the first attempt to land on a Martian moon, with samples due back on Earth in 2031.
Japan launched a five-year mission aiming to land on Mars's moon Phobos, the first attempt to land on a Martian moon, and return about 10g of material to Earth.
Japan's space agency will lead a five-year mission to collect samples from Phobos, one of Mars's two small moons, the first such attempt. Scientists hope it will reveal how Phobos and Deimos formed.
Russia's Cosmos-2612 has repeatedly changed orbit to make close approaches to ICEYE-X36, a US-registered commercial radar-imaging satellite whose operator supplies data to Ukraine.
NASA is playing a key role in the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency's Martian Moons eXploration (MMX) mission.