Japan, U.S. affirm greater collaboration in lunar exploration

The Japanese and U.S. space agencies have agreed to step up collaboration in advancing human activities on the lunar surface as a way of realizing eventual human exploration of Mars.Hiroshi Yamakawa, president of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, or JAXA, and James Bridenstine, administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, reached the agreement during a recent meeting in Tokyo.JAXA will extend technical cooperation on NASA's Gateway project to build a lunar orbiting space station, as well as the U.S. agency's Artemis program to return astronauts to the Moon by 20…READ FULL ARTICLE