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Japan launches its 1st Mars probe

The M-5 rocket carrying Japan's first Mars probe, Planet-B, lifts off from the Kagoshima Space Center in Uchinoura, Kagoshima Prefecture, southwestern Japan on July 4. Planet-B, which was renamed ''Nozomi (Hope)'' after the launch, will orbit the Earth until December before heading toward Mars on a mission to investigate the upper atmosphere of the red planet and its interaction with solar wind. It is scheduled to begin orbiting Mars in October 1999.

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Japan's spacecraft to explore Mars

The M-5 rocket carrying the Planet-B spacecraft, Japan's first spacecraft to explore Mars, is shown to the press at the Kagoshima Space Center in Uchinoura, Kagoshima Prefecture, on Thursday July 2. Japan's Institute of Space and Astronautical Science (ISAS) plans to launch the spacecraft later in July.

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UGANDA-KAMPALA-CLIMATE CHANGE-TEENAGER-PROTEST

(220427) -- KAMPALA, April 27, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Teenagers holding placards with environment protection slogans take part in a peaceful protest against environmental degradation on streets in Kampala, Uganda, April 22, 2022. Brandishing placards reading "Let us save Mother Earth, No Justice Without Climate Justice, There is No Planet B," 17-year-old Bonita Murungi and a dozen of her peers protested on one of the streets in Uganda's capital Kampala, calling on policymakers to enact strategies that address climate change effects. TO GO WITH "Feature: Ugandan teenage girl inspires peers into climate change activism" (Photo by Hajarah Nalwadda/Xinhua)

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UGANDA-KAMPALA-CLIMATE CHANGE-TEENAGER-PROTEST

(220427) -- KAMPALA, April 27, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Bonita Murungi (1st R) teaches pupils how to plant a tree during a peaceful protest against environmental degradation in Kampala, Uganda, April 22, 2022. Brandishing placards reading "Let us save Mother Earth, No Justice Without Climate Justice, There is No Planet B," 17-year-old Bonita Murungi and a dozen of her peers protested on one of the streets in Uganda's capital Kampala, calling on policymakers to enact strategies that address climate change effects. TO GO WITH "Feature: Ugandan teenage girl inspires peers into climate change activism" (Photo by Hajarah Nalwadda/Xinhua)

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UGANDA-KAMPALA-CLIMATE CHANGE-TEENAGER-PROTEST

(220427) -- KAMPALA, April 27, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Teenagers holding placards with environment protection slogans take part in a peaceful protest against environmental degradation in Kampala, Uganda, April 22, 2022. Brandishing placards reading "Let us save Mother Earth, No Justice Without Climate Justice, There is No Planet B," 17-year-old Bonita Murungi and a dozen of her peers protested on one of the streets in Uganda's capital Kampala, calling on policymakers to enact strategies that address climate change effects. TO GO WITH "Feature: Ugandan teenage girl inspires peers into climate change activism" (Photo by Hajarah Nalwadda/Xinhua)

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Fridays for Future - Toulouse

Protester with sign "There is no Planet B" (Il n'y a pas de Planète B).In Toulouse (France), a group of young people marched through the streets of the city, following the international call "Youth for Climate"; March 19, 2021. Much less numerous than in previous calls, and the demonstration not being authorized by the prefecture, the procession dissolved 1 hour after setting off. Photo by Patrick Batard/ABACAPRESS.COM (Credit:Batard Patrick/ABACA/Kyodo News Images)

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Fridays for Future - Toulouse

A couple hugging and sign "There is no Planet B" (Il n'y a pas de Planète B).In Toulouse (France), a group of young people marched through the streets of the city, following the international call "Youth for Climate"; March 19, 2021. Much less numerous than in previous calls, and the demonstration not being authorized by the prefecture, the procession dissolved 1 hour after setting off. Photo by Patrick Batard/ABACAPRESS.COM (Credit:Batard Patrick/ABACA/Kyodo News Images)

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Japan launches its 1st Mars prob

The M-5 rocket carrying Japan's first Mars probe, Planet-B, lifts off from the Kagoshima Space Center in Uchinoura, Kagoshima Prefecture, southwestern Japan on July 4. Planet-B, which was renamed ''Nozomi (Hope)'' after the launch, will orbit the Earth until December before heading toward Mars on a mission to investigate the upper atmosphere of the red planet and its interaction with solar wind. It is scheduled to begin orbiting Mars in October 1999.

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Japan's spacecraft to explore M

The M-5 rocket carrying the Planet-B spacecraft, Japan's first spacecraft to explore Mars, is shown to the press at the Kagoshima Space Center in Uchinoura, Kagoshima Prefecture, on Thursday July 2. Japan's Institute of Space and Astronautical Science (ISAS) plans to launch the spacecraft later in July.