Government officials are set to back a recommendation that Japan join an ambitious new space project. They are expected to commit Japan to a US-led effort to put a space station into orbit around the moon.

NASA is aiming to have the Gateway station in place by 2024. The craft would serve as a base for missions to the moon. It would also eventually support missions to Mars. The US is calling on other countries to join the expensive and technically challenging project.

A Cabinet Office panel endorsed Japan's participation on Thursday, and the government is expected to follow suit.

The panel says the project will promote the peaceful use of space. It says Japan's involvement would be an opportunity to boost its international profile through technology.

Panel members propose that Japan provide oxygen-supply systems, batteries, and other supplies. They say Japan should also help develop lunar explorers, and share surface data from the moon.

Government officials are set to back a recommendation that Japan join an ambitious new space project. They are expected to commit Japan to a US-led effort to put a space station into orbit around the moon.

NASA is aiming to have the Gateway station in place by 2024. The craft would serve as a base for missions to the moon. It would also eventually support missions to Mars. The US is calling on other countries to join the expensive and technically challenging project.

A Cabinet Office panel endorsed Japan's participation on Thursday, and the government is expected to follow suit.

The panel says the project will promote the peaceful use of space. It says Japan's involvement would be an opportunity to boost its international profile through technology.

Panel members propose that Japan provide oxygen-supply systems, batteries, and other supplies. They say Japan should also help develop lunar explorers, and share surface data from the moon.

Government officials are set to back a recommendation that Japan join an ambitious new space project. They are expected to commit Japan to a US-led effort to put a space station into orbit around the moon.

NASA is aiming to have the Gateway station in place by 2024. The craft would serve as a base for missions to the moon. It would also eventually support missions to Mars. The US is calling on other countries to join the expensive and technically challenging project.

A Cabinet Office panel endorsed Japan's participation on Thursday, and the government is expected to follow suit.

The panel says the project will promote the peaceful use of space. It says Japan's involvement would be an opportunity to boost its international profile through technology.

Panel members propose that Japan provide oxygen-supply systems, batteries, and other supplies. They say Japan should also help develop lunar explorers, and share surface data from the moon.

Government officials are set to back a recommendation that Japan join an ambitious new space project. They are expected to commit Japan to a US-led effort to put a space station into orbit around the moon.

NASA is aiming to have the Gateway station in place by 2024. The craft would serve as a base for missions to the moon. It would also eventually support missions to Mars. The US is calling on other countries to join the expensive and technically challenging project.

A Cabinet Office panel endorsed Japan's participation on Thursday, and the government is expected to follow suit.

The panel says the project will promote the peaceful use of space. It says Japan's involvement would be an opportunity to boost its international profile through technology.

Panel members propose that Japan provide oxygen-supply systems, batteries, and other supplies. They say Japan should also help develop lunar explorers, and share surface data from the moon.

Government officials are set to back a recommendation that Japan join an ambitious new space project. They are expected to commit Japan to a US-led effort to put a space station into orbit around the moon.

NASA is aiming to have the Gateway station in place by 2024. The craft would serve as a base for missions to the moon. It would also eventually support missions to Mars. The US is calling on other countries to join the expensive and technically challenging project.

A Cabinet Office panel endorsed Japan's participation on Thursday, and the government is expected to follow suit.

The panel says the project will promote the peaceful use of space. It says Japan's involvement would be an opportunity to boost its international profile through technology.

Panel members propose that Japan provide oxygen-supply systems, batteries, and other supplies. They say Japan should also help develop lunar explorers, and share surface data from the moon.

Government officials are set to back a recommendation that Japan join an ambitious new space project. They are expected to commit Japan to a US-led effort to put a space station into orbit around the moon.

NASA is aiming to have the Gateway station in place by 2024. The craft would serve as a base for missions to the moon. It would also eventually support missions to Mars. The US is calling on other countries to join the expensive and technically challenging project.

A Cabinet Office panel endorsed Japan's participation on Thursday, and the government is expected to follow suit.

The panel says the project will promote the peaceful use of space. It says Japan's involvement would be an opportunity to boost its international profile through technology.

Panel members propose that Japan provide oxygen-supply systems, batteries, and other supplies. They say Japan should also help develop lunar explorers, and share surface data from the moon.