Japan, U.S. vow to work closely on lunar exploration project

Japan and the United States on Wednesday pledged to work closely on a lunar exploration project led by the U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration after Tokyo joined it last month.In a joint statement issued after a meeting in Tokyo, the two governments said they "reaffirmed their commitment to Artemis," the multilateral project intended to return humans to the Moon by 2024 and establish sustainable lunar surface exploration with NASA's commercial and international partners by 2028.The two sides "also acknowledged opportunities for Japanese crew activities" on the Gateway, a smal…READ FULL ARTICLE