ispace
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ispace is a lunar exploration company with more than 300 staff operating around the globe.
🧵1/4 @esa's visit to @ispace_inc's mission control centre in Tokyo explored Japan's expanding lunar robotics and collaboration with Europe on future endeavours to the Moon 🤖🌙
Update from World Expo 2025🚀: We were pleased to join the Space Days reception at the #LuxembourgPavilion, including a special event “Space Afternoon” hosted by the Luxembourg Space Agency. His Royal Highness Prince Guillaume spoke at the event and emphasized the importance of…
Thank you for the feature on the cover of the 64th issue of the Japan Space Bulletin, @ambafrancejp ! x.com/ambafrancejp/s…
L’espace vous passionne ? 🚀 Ne manquez pas le 64ème numéro du Bulletin #Espace Japon sur le site Internet de l'ambassade ! jp.ambafrance.org/Publication-du…
Earlier this month, we welcomed @Firefly_Space engineers to our HAKUTO-R Mission Control Center in Tokyo—bringing with them a meaningful and moving gift: a fragment of Firefly’s Alpha Flight 1, a mission that, like many early attempts, ended in challenge but paved the way to…
ispace Founder & CEO Takeshi Hakamada joined Masayasu Ishida, President & CEO of the SPACETIDE Foundation, on stage at #SPACETIDE2025 to share learnings from Mission 2 and discuss the future of lunar development. With a sustainable cislunar economy at the heart of our vision,…
We were pleased to welcome Mr. Minoru Kiuchi, Japanese Minister of State for Science and Technology Policy and for Space Policy, at our booth at this year's SPACETIDE conference, held in Tokyo from July 7 to 10. Minister Kiuchi was briefed by Junpei Nozaki, ispace CFO & Executive…
Thank you for the shoutout, @SRBednarek ! We are proud to have been a @SpaceX customer for Mission 1 and Mission 2 and were delighted to see pictures of our launches on the screen at #SPACETIDE2025 !
ispace is pleased to announce the appointment of Hideari Kamiya, a space business specialist, as Executive Vice President (EVP) of the Programs and Business Development Office for our Japan entity. In addition to strengthening ties with the Japanese government, Mr. Kamiya will…
“We rise together” is more than just a phrase — it’s the foundation of the emerging lunar economy. This thoughtful piece in @SpaceNews_Inc by @ispace_us_inc Chairman @Astro_Ron highlights the importance of openness, transparency, and shared learning across the space industry. As…
"After Resilience’s moon landing attempt, why openness is key to the lunar economy" by @Astro_Ron, Chairman of ispace-U.S. spacenews.com/after-resilien…
We are pleased to announce that 7 members of our Board of Directors were reappointed at today's 15th Ordinary General Meeting of Shareholders. Maki Setogawa, Blakemore & Mitsuki, retired from the position of External Alternate Audit & Supervisory Board Member, and we would…
Today, ispace provided an update on the technical cause analysis, detailing the potential causes for the landing anomaly experienced by the Mission 2 RESILIENCE lunar lander. Based on the analysis, we will be launching an external review task force including third-party…
We were pleased to welcome Dorothee Bär, Federal Minister of Research, Technology and Space and Anke Kaysser-Pyzalla, Chair of the Executive Board, DLR, along with a delegation from the German Aerospace Center to our Mission Control Center in Nihonbashi Tokyo! ispace Executive…
We will hold a press conference to provide an update on the HAKUTO-R Mission 2 Technical Cause Analysis on June 24, 2025 at 10:00 a.m. JST. (01:00 UTC) A live stream of the opening remarks and technical presentation will be available for the public to view at the link below.…
We are planning to hold a press conference to provide an update on the HAKUTO-R Mission 2 Technical Cause Analysis on June 24, 2025 at 10:00 a.m. JST. (01:00 UTC) Consistent with ispace's spirit of transparency, we will stream the opening remarks and technical presentation for…
The Moon remains within reach. To everyone who has reached out with words of support, encouragement, and belief - thank you. Your messages remind us that space exploration is a shared endeavor, and that every step we take is made stronger by the community that surrounds us.…
As of 8:00 a.m. on June 6, 2025, mission controllers have determined that it is unlikely that communication with the lander will be restored and therefore completing Success 9 is not achievable. It has been decided to conclude the mission. “Given that there is currently no…
