The Japanese spacecraft ‘Slim’ touched the lunar surface last January
So far, only citizens of the United States have set foot on the moon. However, this is the first time a non-American is going to step on the moon by the hand of 'NASA'. US President Joe Biden made this announcement with Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida sitting next to him. He said that there will be two Japanese astronauts on NASA's next lunar mission. One of them will be the first non-American to set foot on the moon.
NASA will send astronauts to the moon by 2026. The work of the 'Artemis' campaign is going on in full swing. Japanese Prime Minister Kishida said that Japan will build a complete rover to join NASA's Artemis mission. That country's space research agency, JAXA, is NASA's partner in the Artemis mission. The Japanese spacecraft 'Slim' touched the moon's soil in January...