NASA, Japan Sign Agreement for Artemis Pressurized Rover

Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) President Hiroshi Yamakawa, left, JAXA astronaut Akihiko Hoshide, Japan’s Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology Masahito Moriyama, NASA Administrator Bill Nelson, and NASA astronaut Kayla Barron, right, talk by a model of the Pressurized lunar rover, after the signing of an historic agreement between the United States and Japan to advance sustainable human exploration of the Moon, Tuesday, April 9, 2024, at the NASA Headquarters Mary W. Jackson Building in Washington. Under the agreement, Japan will design, develop, and operate a pressurized rover for crewed and uncrewed exploration on the Moon. NASA will provide the launch and delivery of the rover to the Moon as well as two Japanese astronaut missions to the lunar surface. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)