Asian Space Race (Tertium Millennium)

The Asian Space Race began in 2027 and ended in 2033. It saw the three greatest technological powers in Asia: China, India, and Japan, race to see who could land a person on the moon first. The Chinese National Space Administration (CNSA) beat the Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO), Korean Aerospace Research Institute (KARI), and the Japanese Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) to landing on the moon, winning the race and landing a person on the moon in 2033. India landed a man on the moon in 2034. Although China landed a person on the moon first, Japan made the achievement of landing the first woman on the moon, and its first person on the moon, in 2035. Korea finally landed its first person on the moon on 2038.