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Japan plans to put a man on the moon by 2030


A man and a woman look at the moon as they ride a Ferris wheel, as a total lunar eclipse begins in Tokyo October 8, 2014. The eclipse is also known as a "blood moon" due to the coppery, reddish color the moon takes as it passes into Earth's shadow. The total eclipse is the second of four over a two-year period that began April 15 and concludes on Sept. 28, 2015. The so-called tetrad is unusual because the full eclipses are visible in all or parts of the United States, according to retired NASA astrophysicist Fred Espenak. REUTERS/Toru Hanai (JAPAN - Tags: SOCIETY ENVIRONMENT) - RTR49D49
This would be the first time that a Japanese astronaut had gone beyond the international space station
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21 Jul 2017
The Asian space race is intensifying as Japan releases plans to put a man on the moon by 2030.
Japan plans to join a mission to build a space station in the moon’s orbit in 2025, as part of a wider ambition by NASA to send a mission to Mars.

Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency astronaut Soichi Noguchi gives a thumbs-up minutes after the landing near the town of Zhezkazgan June 2, 2010. Noguchi, Commander Oleg Kotov of Russia (not pictured) and U.S. astronaut Timothy J. Creamer (not pictured),who make up Russian Expedition 23 and are commanded by Kotov, left Earth in December of last year for the $100 billion, 16-nation International Space Station (ISS). REUTERS/Pool/Mikhail Metzel (KAZAKHSTAN - Tags: SCI TECH) - RTR2ENIW
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By investing in the project, the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, JAXA , hopes that it will win a space on the station, from which it would eventually send an astronaut to the moon. It would be the first time that a Japanese astronaut had gone beyond the international space station.

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