Japan's H3 rocket takes on first deep-space mission as MMX targets Mars moon sample return

T2Covered by 1 source · first reported by JP/KR/TW: Korea Herald / Taipei Times / DigiTimes at 20 Oct, 03:32 UTC

The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) announced on October 18 that its H3 Flight No. 10 rocket, carrying the Martian Moons eXploration (MMX) spacecraft, had been transferred from the assembly building to the launch pad at the Tanegashima Space Center in Kagoshima Prefecture.