US To Send Japanese Astronaut To Moon Under Artemis Program

President Joe Biden has announced that NASA will help the first Japanese astronaut land on the Moon, accompanied by an American astronaut, under the Artemis Program. This was revealed during Biden's meeting with Japan's Prime Minister Fumio Kishida in Tokyo on Monday. As a first step, a Japanese astronaut will work abord the lunar gateway, an outpost to be built in the Moon's orbit. "In recent