Japan likely to send 1st astronaut to Moon under U.S.-led project

The United States and Japan are making final arrangements to land a Japanese astronaut on the surface of the Moon for the first time, under a U.S.-led lunar exploration program, sources familiar with the matter said Sunday.The Artemis program aims to achieve a historic milestone by sending U.S. astronauts to the lunar surface for the first time in over half a century by 2025 at the earliest, and a Japanese astronaut may be among the next to land on the Earth's satellite, according to the sources.The two countries are also discussing putting a second Japanese astronaut on the Moon and expect…READ FULL ARTICLE