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In hopes of finding a habitable environment on the moon, Japan hopes to successfully accomplish its first-ever "pinpoint landing" on the lunar surface.

TOKYO (AP) — A United Arab Emirates spacecraft rocketed into blue skies from a Japanese launch center Monday at the start of a seven-month journey to Mars on the Arab world’s first interplanetary mission. The liftoff of the Mars orbiter named Amal, or Hope, starts a rush to fly to Earth’s neighbor that is scheduled to be followed in the next few days by China and the United States. At the space center in Dubai, people watching were transfixed by the liftoff, then cheered and clapped, wit...

TOKYO (AP) — The United Arab Emirates says its ‘Amal’ space probe functioning after launch as it heads toward Mars. Omran Sharaf, the project director of Emirates Mars Mission, told journalists just before 3:30 a.m. in Dubai that the probe was sending signals. Sharaf said his team now would