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Japan aims to put a man on the moon ahead of China as it partners with US in ‘Apollo programme on steroids’
Japan’s ambition to send its first astronaut to the moon by 2028 is seen as a move to prevent China from scoring a propaganda coup, analysts say.
On Thursday, three astronauts lifted off at the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Centre in northwest China and safely docked with the orbiting Tiangong space station. The astronauts are slated to spend six months aboard the space station, conducting experiments and making preparations ahead of a likely manned moon mission. The two nations plan to jointly explore the use of materials found on the lunar surface, such as water ice at its south pole, which will be critical to sustaining human life during a moon mission.
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