{"id":58575,"date":"2023-12-26T08:30:55","date_gmt":"2023-12-26T12:30:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=58575"},"modified":"2023-12-25T09:02:12","modified_gmt":"2023-12-25T13:02:12","slug":"radiofax-japanese-astronaut-to-the-moon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2023\/12\/radiofax-japanese-astronaut-to-the-moon\/","title":{"rendered":"Radiofax: Japanese Astronaut to the Moon"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Carlos-Latuff-Japan-Moon-Radiofax-2.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-58576\" src=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Carlos-Latuff-Japan-Moon-Radiofax-2.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"939\" height=\"493\" srcset=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Carlos-Latuff-Japan-Moon-Radiofax-2.jpeg 939w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Carlos-Latuff-Japan-Moon-Radiofax-2-300x158.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Carlos-Latuff-Japan-Moon-Radiofax-2-768x403.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Carlos-Latuff-Japan-Moon-Radiofax-2-624x328.jpeg 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 939px) 100vw, 939px\" \/><\/a>Many thanks to\u00a0<em>SWLing Post<\/em>\u00a0contributor,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/tag\/Carlos-Latuff?swcfpc=1\">Carlos Latuff<\/a>, who shares the Radiofax news report (above) mentioning that a Japanese astronaut may step on the surface of the Moon for the first time, under a U.S.-led lunar exploration program. <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/english.kyodonews.net\/news\/2023\/12\/d7939af5f2ea-japan-likely-to-send-1st-astronaut-to-moon-under-us-led-project.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Click here to read a full news article.<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Carlos also included this amazing artwork he created commemorating the news and his Radiofax reception:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Carlos-Latuff-Japan-Moon-Radiofax-1.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-58577\" src=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Carlos-Latuff-Japan-Moon-Radiofax-1.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1200\" height=\"700\" srcset=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Carlos-Latuff-Japan-Moon-Radiofax-1.jpeg 1200w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Carlos-Latuff-Japan-Moon-Radiofax-1-300x175.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Carlos-Latuff-Japan-Moon-Radiofax-1-1024x597.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Carlos-Latuff-Japan-Moon-Radiofax-1-768x448.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Carlos-Latuff-Japan-Moon-Radiofax-1-624x364.jpeg 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>As always, thank you so much for sharing your artwork and your radio adventures with us, Carlos!<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Many thanks to\u00a0SWLing Post\u00a0contributor,\u00a0Carlos Latuff, who shares the Radiofax news report (above) mentioning that a Japanese astronaut may step on the surface of the Moon for the first time, under a U.S.-led lunar exploration program. Click here to read a full news article. Carlos also included this amazing artwork he created commemorating the news and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[508,3,43],"tags":[36,8043,3555,9246],"class_list":["post-58575","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-art-2","category-news","category-shortwave-radio","tag-art","tag-carlos-latuff","tag-kyodo-news-agency","tag-radiofax"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pn3uc-feL","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":64910,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2025\/12\/carlos-is-making-an-illustrated-radiofax-scrapbook\/","url_meta":{"origin":58575,"position":0},"title":"Carlos is Making an Illustrated Radiofax Scrapbook","author":"Thomas","date":"December 16, 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"Many thanks to\u00a0SWLing Post contributor Carlos Latuff, who writes: Since the pandemic, I've been receiving news in Brazil from the Japanese agency Kyodo News, transmitted by radiofax. From now on, I'll print the radiofax and paste them into this scrapbook, illustrating one or more news items. I love it, Carlos!\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Art&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Art","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/category\/art-2\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Latuff-Kyodo-Scrapbook-1.jpeg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Latuff-Kyodo-Scrapbook-1.jpeg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Latuff-Kyodo-Scrapbook-1.jpeg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Latuff-Kyodo-Scrapbook-1.jpeg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Latuff-Kyodo-Scrapbook-1.jpeg?resize=1050%2C600&ssl=1 3x"},"classes":[]},{"id":60230,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2024\/07\/carlos-shortwave-art-from-nhk-and-radiofax-via-kyodo-news\/","url_meta":{"origin":58575,"position":1},"title":"Carlos\u2019 Shortwave Art from NHK and Radiofax via Kyodo News","author":"Thomas","date":"July 16, 2024","format":false,"excerpt":"Many thanks to\u00a0SWLing Post\u00a0contributor and noted political cartoonist,\u00a0Carlos Latuff, who shares\u00a0his radio log art of a recent broadcast of NHK Japan. Carlos notes: Part of NHK news bulletin, in Japanese, about Trump assassination attempt. https:\/\/youtu.be\/_5IffAcI6P0?si=Z-R0UpQHb9KN7UbL Click here to view on YouTube. Kyodo News Radiofax [T]his is the radiofax I got\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Art&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Art","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/category\/art-2\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/IMG-20240715-WA0079.jpeg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/IMG-20240715-WA0079.jpeg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/IMG-20240715-WA0079.jpeg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/IMG-20240715-WA0079.jpeg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/IMG-20240715-WA0079.jpeg?resize=1050%2C600&ssl=1 3x"},"classes":[]},{"id":57663,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2023\/08\/carlos-pulls-headlines-from-kyodo-news-radiofax\/","url_meta":{"origin":58575,"position":2},"title":"Carlos pulls headlines from Kyodo News radiofax","author":"Thomas","date":"August 30, 2023","format":false,"excerpt":"Many thanks to\u00a0SWLing Post contributor, Carlos Latuff, who writes: Kyodo News is a Japanese news agency, the only one in the world that still transmits news via radiofax to Japanese vessels, on shortwave frequency of 16971 kHz USB. The international radiofax transmission standard is 120 lines per minute, but the\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Digital Modes&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Digital Modes","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/category\/digital-modes\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Screenshot_20230829-165457-01.jpeg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Screenshot_20230829-165457-01.jpeg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Screenshot_20230829-165457-01.jpeg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Screenshot_20230829-165457-01.jpeg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":64231,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2025\/10\/carlos-uncovers-the-mystery-behind-a-strange-radiofax-from-the-japan-meteorological-agency\/","url_meta":{"origin":58575,"position":3},"title":"Carlos Uncovers the Mystery Behind a Strange Radiofax from the Japan Meteorological Agency","author":"Thomas","date":"October 12, 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor Carlos Latuff, who writes: This is the image I received today, October 12th, at 7:10 UTC, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, from the Japan Meteorological Agency, via radiofax (13988 kHz). It was supposed to be a satellite image, showing Tropical Storm Nakri (which will\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Digital Modes&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Digital Modes","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/category\/digital-modes\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Carlos-Unusual-Radiofax-1.jpeg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Carlos-Unusual-Radiofax-1.jpeg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Carlos-Unusual-Radiofax-1.jpeg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Carlos-Unusual-Radiofax-1.jpeg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Carlos-Unusual-Radiofax-1.jpeg?resize=1050%2C600&ssl=1 3x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Carlos-Unusual-Radiofax-1.jpeg?resize=1400%2C800&ssl=1 4x"},"classes":[]},{"id":57383,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2023\/08\/typhoon-khanun-carlos-radiofax-decodes-using-an-xhdata-d-808-and-mag-loop-antenna\/","url_meta":{"origin":58575,"position":4},"title":"Typhoon Khanun: Carlos&#8217; Radiofax decodes using an XHDATA D-808 and Mag Loop antenna","author":"Thomas","date":"August 3, 2023","format":false,"excerpt":"Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Carlos Latuff, who recently shared a number of Radiofax images of Typhoon Khanun he's decoded over the past few days--apologies as I've been traveling and could not post when received. 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We wish all ships a safe voyage.\" Kyodo News is the only news agency in the world that sends news to Japanese ships\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Digital Modes&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Digital Modes","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/category\/digital-modes\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Header-Kyodo-News-Radiofax-New-Year-2025-Latuff-1.jpeg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Header-Kyodo-News-Radiofax-New-Year-2025-Latuff-1.jpeg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Header-Kyodo-News-Radiofax-New-Year-2025-Latuff-1.jpeg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Header-Kyodo-News-Radiofax-New-Year-2025-Latuff-1.jpeg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Header-Kyodo-News-Radiofax-New-Year-2025-Latuff-1.jpeg?resize=1050%2C600&ssl=1 3x"},"classes":[]}],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58575","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/15"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=58575"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58575\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":58578,"href":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58575\/revisions\/58578"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=58575"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=58575"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=58575"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}