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Japan could beat China to put astronaut on Moon as it teams up with US for new space race

Source: Nasa

Japan may beat China to put boots on the Moon as US president Joe Biden promised that a Japanese astronaut would be the first non-American to land on the lunar surface amid what calls a new “space race”.

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