BREMEN, Germany — The European and Japanese space agencies have issued a joint statement on furthering cooperation on planetary defense, the moon, Mars and beyond. JAXA President Hiroshi Yamakawa and ESA Director General Josef Aschbacher signed a joint statement Nov. 20 in Tsukuba, Japan, outlining new cooperation in areas including planetary defense, Earth observation, post-ISS low Earth orbit activities, space science and Mars exploration. Both agencies pledged to deepen their partnership across these areas and work towards future impactful missions. The statement commits the two agencies to accelerating studying potential…
