Japan Launches Mission to Sample Mars's Moon Phobos

Japan's space agency, JAXA, has launched a spacecraft on a mission to Phobos, one of Mars's two moons. The probe lifted off before dawn from Tanegashima Island, where the country's main spaceport is located. JAXA is leading the effort, which aims to collect samples from the moon's surface. The mission is described as a world-first attempt to study a moon of Mars in this way.
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