U.S., Japan Expand Human Lunar Exploration Plans

NASA Administrator Bill Nelson, left, and Japan’s Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology Masahito Moriyama, with copies of the agreement to advance sustainable human exploration of the Moon at NASA headquarters in Washington.

Credit: Bill Ingalls/NASA
New agreements between the U.S. and Japan are set to expand cooperation between the two countries in the future human exploration of the Moon, with a Japanese furnished pressurized lunar rover and two NASA-provided opportunities for Japanese astronauts to explore the lunar surface. Details of...
Mark Carreau

Mark is based in Houston, where he has written on aerospace for more than 25 years. While at the Houston Chronicle, he was recognized by the Rotary National Award for Space Achievement Foundation in 2006 for his professional contributions to the public understanding of America's space program through news reporting.

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