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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Kagoshima Space Center near Uchinoura, some 940 km (598 miles) southwest of Tokyo. But despite the minimal press coverage and lack of hoopla, the event was a major milestone for Japan's space program. The launch sent the unmanned Muses-A probe on its way to the moon, the first lunar mission since the Soviets' Luna 24 in 1976. Muses-A is expected to come within 16,000 km (10,000 miles) of the target in mid-March. It will then release a smaller probe, which will go into lunar orbit. If all goes as planned, Japan will become only...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Space: Japan Goes to the Moon | 2/5/1990 | See Source »

That will be just one step in a sweeping initiative that could eventually make Japan one of the premier powers in space. Muses-A is a prelude to future unmanned missions that may land on the moon and explore the atmosphere of Venus. At the same time, Japan is building a new booster rocket that could make the country a strong competitor in the burgeoning business of launching commercial satellites into earth orbit. The Japanese have announced no plans for manned space flights, but they are considering the possibility. Already their companies have begun developing construction techniques...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Space: Japan Goes to the Moon | 2/5/1990 | See Source »

...those reasons, Japan was a late bloomer in space. It did not put its first satellite into earth orbit until 1970, six months after the U.S. landed men on the moon. But Japan has come on fast by stressing efficiency and borrowing rocket technology from other nations. For example, the country's workhorse launcher, the H-1, is a modified version of the 30-year-old U.S. Delta rocket. Most striking is Japan's record of consistency: ISAS has had only two failures in 19 launches, both in the 1970s...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Space: Japan Goes to the Moon | 2/5/1990 | See Source »

Some Japanese companies, meanwhile, are trying to get the inside track on international missions that have not even been scheduled yet. Shimizu, a construction firm, has opened a space-projects section to develop ideas for a moon base, either Japanese or American. The company has already begun work on how concrete made from lunar soil could be used to form large structures. Ohbayashi, also in the construction business, will join American companies in building a $100 million facility for lunar-base research in Florida...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Space: Japan Goes to the Moon | 2/5/1990 | See Source »

...saying let's party," explains Blades, who opted instead to paint an expressionist canvas that included blessed sinners and murdered priests, the cry of political revolt and the stifled silence between lovers. In Ojos de Perro Azul (Eyes of a Blue Dog), from the album Agua de Luna (Moon Water), Blades drew inspiration for words and music from the stories of his friend Garcia Marquez...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: RUBEN BLADES: Singer, Actor, Politico | 1/29/1990 | See Source »

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