Japan Airlines wants to blast human culture into space and land it on the moon

A partnership between Japan Airlines and a space start-up marks the first step for the carrier to explore diversification beyond Earth-bound aviation, potentially boosting Japan’s ambition to expand its footprint on the moon. The airline is teaming up with ispace to transport items of “precious cultural heritage and human activities” via a lander craft to the moon and protect them from the effects of climate change, natural disasters and conflict on Earth. “In the rapidly changing world, ther...

By Julian Ryall

Japan Airlines aims to be first to deliver cargo to the moon by 2028

Japan Airlines and its trading subsidiary JALUX will start selling cargo space on a Moon-bound lander, becoming the first airline group to offer commercial transport to the lunar surface, the JAL Group announced on May 26.