"Japan and NASA Collaborate for Historic Moon Landing Mission"

Japan and NASA have signed an agreement for Japan to contribute a pressurized lunar rover called Lunar Cruiser to the Artemis lunar exploration campaign, with NASA providing two seats on future Artemis lunar landing missions to Japanese astronauts. The rover is expected to be delivered to the moon ahead of the Artemis 7 mission, and will support extended expeditions from landing sites. The agreement marks Japan as the first nation after the United States to land an astronaut on the moon, and is part of broader international collaboration in lunar exploration.