To the Moon

An H2-A rocket lifts off from a launching pad at the Tanegashima Space Center in Kagoshima Prefecture, Japan.
Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency / Getty

Japan
An H2-A rocket lifts off from a launching pad at the Tanegashima Space Center in Kagoshima Prefecture, Japan. The island nation has announced that it hopes to initiate manned flights to the moon by 2025.

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