An astronaut is landing on the moon. For the first time, it won't be an American [View all]

WASHINGTON – Two days after the distinctly American eclipse, President Joe Biden announced that on the next visit to our closest celestial neighbor ? the moon ? the U.S. will be accompanied by one of its closest friends: Japan.

A Japanese astronaut will become the first non-American ever to land on the moon, Biden announced Wednesday during a news conference with Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida.

Biden and Kishida met at the White House as part of the Japanese prime minister’s official visit to Washington.

During that meeting, the two leaders affirmed the science and education ties between their countries, Biden said."Those ties stretch up to the moon, where two Japanese astronauts will join future American missions, and one will become the first non-American ever to land on the moon,” he said.

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