SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
Japan plans to put a man on the moon by 2030 This would be the first time that a Japanese astronaut had gone beyond the international space station Image: REUTERS 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. Image: REUTERS 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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