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The pressurized rover will be in addition to one in development by U.S. companies that is expected to be in operation by 2030. The last lunar vehicle to be used on the Moon happened during the Apollo 17 mission in 1972.
Nasa has asked Japan to design a pressurised rover for crewed and uncrewed exploration on the Moon, with a Japanese astronaut to become the first non-American to land on the lunar surface.
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NASA Administrator Bill Nelson and Japan’s Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT) Masahito Moriyama have signed an agreement to