TOKYO, Oct. 23 (Xinhua) -- Japan will recruit potential astronauts in 2021, the first time the country has conducted an intake since 2008, Science Minister Koichi Hagiuda said Friday.
The recruitment is aimed at sending the astronauts to outer space as part of a U.S.-led lunar exploration project, the minister said.
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