A lucky Japanese astronaut will become the first non-American to set foot on the Moon during one of NASA's upcoming Artemis missions, US President Joe Biden announced Wednesday."Two Japanese astronauts will join future American missions, and one will become the first non-American ever to land on the Moon," Biden said in a press conference with Kishida.
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — Another commercial company is trying to become the first to land on the moon with a planned overnight launch atop a SpaceX rocket that could bring another sonic boom to Central Florida. A Falcon 9 is slated to lift off from Kennedy Space Center’s Launch Pad 39-A at 12:57 a.m. Eastern time Wednesday on the IM-1 mission for Houston-based Intuitive Machines, which is flying .