{"id":50760,"date":"2024-04-11T15:30:45","date_gmt":"2024-04-11T05:30:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/abnews.com.au\/?p=50760"},"modified":"2024-04-11T15:30:45","modified_gmt":"2024-04-11T05:30:45","slug":"japanese-astronaut-to-be-first-non-american-to-set-foot-on-moon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/aglowmedia.com.au\/?p=50760","title":{"rendered":"Japanese astronaut to be first non-American to set foot on Moon"},"content":{"rendered":"

A lucky Japanese astronaut will become the first non-American to set foot on the Moon during one of NASA’s upcoming Artemis missions, US President Joe Biden announced Wednesday.
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The offer to Japan — an opportunity many nations have long dreamed of — came as part of Prime Minister Fumio Kishida’s state visit, and as Washington seeks to strengthen ties with its key Asian ally.<\/p>\n

“Two Japanese astronauts will join future American missions, and one will become the first non-American ever to land on the Moon,” Biden said in a press conference with Kishida.<\/p>\n

Kishida hailed the announcement as a “huge achievement” and announced that Japan would in return supply a rover for the program.<\/p>\n

NASA’s Artemis program seeks to return humans to the Moon for the first time in over 50 years, and to build a sustained lunar presence ahead of potential missions to Mars.<\/p>\n

Between 1969 and 1972, the US Apollo program saw 12 Americans — all white men — walk on the Moon.<\/p>\n

NASA previously announced that the Artemis program would see the first woman and the first person of color land on the Moon.<\/p>\n

“America will no longer walk on the Moon alone,” NASA chief Bill Nelson said in a video published on social media.<\/p>\n

“Diplomacy is good for discovery. And discovery is good for diplomacy,” he added.<\/p>\n

The first mission to take astronauts to the lunar surface, Artemis 3, is planned for 2026. China meanwhile has said it seeks to put humans on the Moon by 2030.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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