Japan to land probe on the moon in 2018
Tokyo (UPI) Apr 21, 2015 - Japan's space agency announced plans on Monday to send an unmanned lander probe to the moon by fiscal year 2018. The mission will be Japan's first attempt to visit the lunar surface. Officials with Japan's Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) delivered the news at a political roundtable featuring policymakers from the country's education ministry. It's reported that JAXA first cleared th ... more

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