Japan successfully launches probe in Martian moon mission

The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency on Tuesday said it successfully launched a spacecraft on the world's first mission to collect samples, including rocks and sand, from one of Mars' moons.The probe, carried aboard H3 rocket No. 10 for the Martian Moons Exploration mission, or MMX, successfully separated from the rocket and was placed into its planned orbit, the agency said."I believe we were able to place it into the planned orbit with exceptional precision," said Makoto Arita, JAXA's H3 project manager, during a press conference. "I'm very happy that we were able to launch MMX, a proje…READ FULL ARTICLE