TOKYO • Japan has revealed ambitious plans to put an astronaut on the Moon around 2030 in new proposals from the country’s space agency..
TOKYO • Japan has revealed ambitious plans to put an astronaut on the Moon around 2030 in new proposals from the country’s space agency.
This is the first time the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency has said it aims to send an astronaut beyond the International Space Station, a spokesman said yesterday.
The idea is to first join a mission led by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (Nasa) in 2025 to build a space station in the Moon’s orbit, as part of a longer- term effort by Nasa to reach Mars.
Tokyo hopes that contributing to the multinational mission and sharing Japanese technology will land it a spot at the station, from which it could eventually send an astronaut to the Moon, the spokesman said.
