Japan plans to achieve a manned lunar landing in the second half of 2020, and intends to become a second country for a manned lunar landing

Japan had planned to launch its first soft-landing lunar probe, the SLIM, in the second half of 2019, but the plan has been delayed.

Japan "strives to achieve Japanese astronaut landing on the moon in the second half of the 2020s", becoming the second country to land on the moon after the United States.

According to the Japanese Kyodo News Agency on the 28th, Japan revised the timetable of its space exploration program on the 28th, intending to send a Japanese person to the moon by the late 2020s.

According to the report, at present, the United States is cooperating with Japan and other countries to promote the construction plan of the lunar space station "Gateway", planning to achieve astronaut landing on the moon after 2025, and Japan strives to become the second manned moon landing country after the United States.

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida said at a conference aimed at finalizing the plan: "Space is not only a new field that brings hopes and dreams to people, it also provides an important foundation for our economy and society in terms of economic security." ”

The plan also spells out Japan's desire to launch a probe in 2024 to explore Mars, as well as a way to find solar power generation in space.

In January 1990, Japan successfully launched the Flying Moon Exploration Satellite into the lunar orbit, becoming the third country to launch a probe to the moon after the United States and the Soviet Union. On September 14, 2007, Japan successfully launched the "Moon Goddess" lunar probe, which preceded China's Chang'e-1 and India's Chandrayaan-1 to explore the moon.