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China’s iSpace raises first batch of series E funding for reusable rocketry

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://spacenews.com/chinas-ispace-raises-first-batch-of-series-e-funding-for-reusable-rocketry/

Japanese space startup Ispace has said it will use Japan's H3 rocket for the launch of a lunar lander scheduled for 2028, marking the company's first mission using a domestically developed rocket. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2026/07/30/companies/ispace-lunar-lander-rocket/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #companies #ispace #space #startups #moon #jaxa #h3 #spacex #mitsubishiheavyindustries

Japanese space startup Ispace has said it will use Japan's H3 rocket for the launch of a lunar lander scheduled for 2028, marking the company's first mission using a domestically developed rocket. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2026/07/30/companies/ispace-lunar-lander-rocket/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #companies #ispace #space #startups #moon #jaxa #h3 #spacex #mitsubishiheavyindustries

"...ispace and Mitsubishi Heavy Industries signed an agreement for the launch of ispace’s Mission 3 in 2028 on an H3 rocket"
"Mission 3 will be the first flight of ispace’s new Ultra lander design"
https://spacenews.com/h3-to-launch-next-ispace-lunar-lander-mission/
#ispace #MHI #H3rocket #MoonLander #Japan

H3 to launch next ispace lunar lander mission

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://spacenews.com/h3-to-launch-next-ispace-lunar-lander-mission/

ispaceの新ランダー「ULTRA」、H3ロケットで打ち上げへ　2028年に月面着陸ミッション
https://sorae.info/biz/20260729-ispace-h3.html

#sorae #宇宙ビジネス #宇宙開発 #H3ロケット #ispace

ispaceの新ランダー「ULTRA」、H3ロケットで打ち上げへ　2028年に月面着陸ミッション
https://sorae.info/biz/20260729-ispace-h3.html

#sorae #宇宙ビジネス #宇宙開発 #H3ロケット #ispace

Ispace Books Cargo Space on SpaceX Starship for Moon Mission, Targets 2030 Lunar Landing

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https://1ban.news/ispace-starship-cargo-moon/

#1ban #ispace #starship #cargo #moon #space

RE: https://mastodon.social/@europeanspaceflight/116975580109777753

The Mission for Advanced Geophysics and Polar Ice 🧊 Exploration is currently expected to launch in 📆 2029. It will be carried to the lunar surface aboard #ispace's Mission 4 lunar lander

#ESA #MoonExploration #MAGPIE

RE: https://mastodon.social/@europeanspaceflight/116975580109777753

The Mission for Advanced Geophysics and Polar Ice 🧊 Exploration is currently expected to launch in 📆 2029. It will be carried to the lunar surface aboard #ispace's Mission 4 lunar lander

#ESA #MoonExploration #MAGPIE

#ispace:
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ispace technologies U.S., (ispace-U.S.) an American lunar exploration
company and subsidiary of ispace, inc. (ispace) (TOKYO: 9348), and Draper, a non-profit
research, development and manufacturing company, today announced that Draper has
mutually agreed with NASA to end the Commercial Lunar Payload Services (CLPS) task order CP-
12."

https://www.ispace-inc.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/20260715-CP-12-update.pdf

15.7.2026

#CLPS #CP12 #DARPA #Lander #Mond #Mondlander #Moon #NASA #Raumfahrt #SpaceFlight #USA

#ispace:
"
ispace technologies U.S., (ispace-U.S.) an American lunar exploration
company and subsidiary of ispace, inc. (ispace) (TOKYO: 9348), and Draper, a non-profit
research, development and manufacturing company, today announced that Draper has
mutually agreed with NASA to end the Commercial Lunar Payload Services (CLPS) task order CP-
12."

https://www.ispace-inc.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/20260715-CP-12-update.pdf

15.7.2026

#CLPS #CP12 #DARPA #Lander #Mond #Mondlander #Moon #NASA #Raumfahrt #SpaceFlight #USA

NASA terminates Draper lunar lander mission

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://spacenews.com/nasa-terminates-draper-lunar-lander-mission/

Ispace Books Cargo Space on SpaceX Starship for Moon Mission, Targets 2030 Lunar Landing

https://1ban.news/ispace-starship-cargo-moon/
#1ban #ispace #starship #cargo #moon #space

⁠Japanese moon transport company Ispace said it would start a new, lower-cost lunar cargo business using the Starship heavy rocket and moon lander developed by Elon Musk's SpaceX. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2026/07/08/ispace-spacex-moon/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #spacex #ispace #moon

⁠Japanese moon transport company Ispace said it would start a new, lower-cost lunar cargo business using the Starship heavy rocket and moon lander developed by Elon Musk's SpaceX. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2026/07/08/ispace-spacex-moon/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #spacex #ispace #moon

ispace to send larger payloads to the moon on SpaceX’s Starship

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://spacenews.com/ispace-to-send-larger-payloads-to-the-moon-on-spacexs-starship/

China’s latest batch of new and reusable rockets are close to launch

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://spacenews.com/chinas-latest-batch-of-new-and-reusable-rockets-are-close-to-launch/

#ispace expects to deploy at least five lunar orbiting #satellites 🛰️ by 2030, which will serve as critical infrastructure for the #communications 📶 system.

Critical to the new business will be the development of #GroundStation 📡 services on Earth capable of stably receiving large-capacity communications and data from the #Moon 🌙 https://www.ispace-inc.com/news-en/?p=8731

#SpaceCommunication

#ispace expects to deploy at least five lunar orbiting #satellites 🛰️ by 2030, which will serve as critical infrastructure for the #communications 📶 system.

Critical to the new business will be the development of #GroundStation 📡 services on Earth capable of stably receiving large-capacity communications and data from the #Moon 🌙 https://www.ispace-inc.com/news-en/?p=8731

#SpaceCommunication

Japanese spacecraft startup ispace has said it will further delay ⁠a U.S. government-sponsored lunar mission to 2030 and cut its global workforce, in a strategic shift after two failed lunar landings. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/03/27/japan/ispace-delay-nasa-moon-landing/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #ispace #us #space #startups #nasa #moon

Japanese spacecraft startup ispace has said it will further delay ⁠a U.S. government-sponsored lunar mission to 2030 and cut its global workforce, in a strategic shift after two failed lunar landings. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/03/27/japan/ispace-delay-nasa-moon-landing/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #ispace #us #space #startups #nasa #moon

ispace redesigns lunar lander, introduces lunar communications service

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://spacenews.com/ispace-redesigns-lunar-lander-introduces-lunar-communications-service/

Japan’s ispace warns of delays in new lunar lander engine

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://spacenews.com/japans-ispace-warns-of-delays-in-new-lunar-lander-engine/

China’s iSpace launch firm raises record $729 million for reusable rockets

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://spacenews.com/chinas-ispace-launch-firm-raises-record-729-million-for-reusable-rockets/

Race to mine the Moon accelerates as Interlune targets 2029 pilot project. The U.S. company hopes to launch a mission next year to harvest helium3.
https://www.news-cafe.eu/?go=news&n=13797
#nasa #esa #spacex #space #moon #cosmos #astronomy #science #research #technology #interlune #astrobotic #vermeer #ispace

Race to mine the Moon accelerates as Interlune targets 2029 pilot project. The U.S. company hopes to launch a mission next year to harvest helium3.
https://www.news-cafe.eu/?go=news&n=13797
#nasa #esa #spacex #space #moon #cosmos #astronomy #science #research #technology #interlune #astrobotic #vermeer #ispace

Inside ispace Europe and the race to explore the moon

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://spacenews.com/inside-ispace-europe-and-the-race-to-explore-the-moon/

Bright spots like those are seen around some lunar landers after a liftoff - Apollo 11 and Luna 24 are examples. But these are scattered along a line extending 2000 m northeast, not all close to the lander (and of course, no liftoff...). They might be bits of thermal blanket or wrapping, but why are they spread out like that? I have not seen any explanation yet.
#moon #ispace #hakuto

Bright spots like those are seen around some lunar landers after a liftoff - Apollo 11 and Luna 24 are examples. But these are scattered along a line extending 2000 m northeast, not all close to the lander (and of course, no liftoff...). They might be bits of thermal blanket or wrapping, but why are they spread out like that? I have not seen any explanation yet.
#moon #ispace #hakuto

This image starts with 3 views of the Resilience impact site. A is OHRC before the impact. B is OHRC after the impact. C is LRO's Narrow Angle Camera after impact. Usually LRO stands out as a marvellous camera but here OHRC takes the prize. LRO doesn't always look this bad - it might have had some temporary issue like overheating. D is a map showing the small bright debris patches first identified by Shan Subramanian.
#moon #ispace #hakuto

This image starts with 3 views of the Resilience impact site. A is OHRC before the impact. B is OHRC after the impact. C is LRO's Narrow Angle Camera after impact. Usually LRO stands out as a marvellous camera but here OHRC takes the prize. LRO doesn't always look this bad - it might have had some temporary issue like overheating. D is a map showing the small bright debris patches first identified by Shan Subramanian.
#moon #ispace #hakuto

That site was found in OHRC images by Shan Subramanian:

https://twitter.com/Ramanean/status/1935917961929252891

My map in the last post shows debris fragments. How do we know that's what they are? Because OHRC imaged the site before and after the landing (shown in one of Shan's tweets). There are more of them - we will see more about this tomorrow. And we will be seeing more from this amazing camera later.
#moon #ispace #hakuto

That site was found in OHRC images by Shan Subramanian:

https://twitter.com/Ramanean/status/1935917961929252891

My map in the last post shows debris fragments. How do we know that's what they are? Because OHRC imaged the site before and after the landing (shown in one of Shan's tweets). There are more of them - we will see more about this tomorrow. And we will be seeing more from this amazing camera later.
#moon #ispace #hakuto

This set of maps zooms in to the Resilience impact site. Map B includes a box showing the area mapped by the LRO imaging team. Map C shows two targets, one from coordinates released in September 2024, the second illustrated in a video just before the landing. The actual impact was only just outside the second target. Map D uses an image from Chandrayaan 2's Orbiter High Resolution Camera, the best camera in lunar orbit today (sorry, LRO).
#moon #ispace #hakuto

This set of maps zooms in to the Resilience impact site. Map B includes a box showing the area mapped by the LRO imaging team. Map C shows two targets, one from coordinates released in September 2024, the second illustrated in a video just before the landing. The actual impact was only just outside the second target. Map D uses an image from Chandrayaan 2's Orbiter High Resolution Camera, the best camera in lunar orbit today (sorry, LRO).
#moon #ispace #hakuto

These are the 4 Resilience sites. I expect the site selection process will be published eventually (Mission 1's was). Meanwhile this is what we have. The top map shows all 4 sites, and below each one is enlarged. The prime site was the one used for the mission. If successful this would have been the northernmost landing on the Moon. Alas, it crashed during final approach to the prime site. It would have deployed a rover called Tenacious.
#moon #ispace #hakuto

These are the 4 Resilience sites. I expect the site selection process will be published eventually (Mission 1's was). Meanwhile this is what we have. The top map shows all 4 sites, and below each one is enlarged. The prime site was the one used for the mission. If successful this would have been the northernmost landing on the Moon. Alas, it crashed during final approach to the prime site. It would have deployed a rover called Tenacious.
#moon #ispace #hakuto

Back to Resilience, a private Japanese mission by ispace. The company grew out of one of the Google Lunar X Prize teams, Hakuto, which itself evolved from one of the early GLXP teams, White Label Space. GLXP was complicated and its history might show up here one day.

ispace's early missions were called Hakuto-R (R for Reboot). The first crashed in Atlas crater in April 2023. Resilience was targeted for Mare Frigoris at 60 north. Where were the sites?
#moon #ispace #hakuto

Back to Resilience, a private Japanese mission by ispace. The company grew out of one of the Google Lunar X Prize teams, Hakuto, which itself evolved from one of the early GLXP teams, White Label Space. GLXP was complicated and its history might show up here one day.

ispace's early missions were called Hakuto-R (R for Reboot). The first crashed in Atlas crater in April 2023. Resilience was targeted for Mare Frigoris at 60 north. Where were the sites?
#moon #ispace #hakuto

But this polar mission study will have to wait for some future implementation. ispace's second mission (the first crashed in Atlas crater in 2023) went to Mare Frigoris in the northern mid-latitudes. Tomorrow we will look at that site.
#moon #ispace #hakuto

But this polar mission study will have to wait for some future implementation. ispace's second mission (the first crashed in Atlas crater in 2023) went to Mare Frigoris in the northern mid-latitudes. Tomorrow we will look at that site.
#moon #ispace #hakuto

At top left a context map shows the landing area at 82 degrees south. Top right shows the target area south of the crater Svedberg. The southern rim of Svedberg casts a shadow over a hollow which is never fully illuminated by the sun. The middle map shows this target area with 8 landing sites in better-lit areas. At lower right the preferred landing circle has a rover path into an often-shaded area where ices might be found. At bottom left is a closeup of the landing site.
#moon #ispace #hakuto

At top left a context map shows the landing area at 82 degrees south. Top right shows the target area south of the crater Svedberg. The southern rim of Svedberg casts a shadow over a hollow which is never fully illuminated by the sun. The middle map shows this target area with 8 landing sites in better-lit areas. At lower right the preferred landing circle has a rover path into an often-shaded area where ices might be found. At bottom left is a closeup of the landing site.
#moon #ispace #hakuto

Finally, insurance for the flight was provided by Mitsui Sumitomo Insurance Company. Names were not always used consistently, and sometimes they were combined to form ‘ispace's SMBC x HAKUTO-R Venture Moon Mission 2’ or other variations. I will call it Resilience.

But first, ispace (through its European offshoot in Luxembourg) spent several years studying a mission near the south pole. The mission was called Polar Ice Explorer. This map shows its study area.
#moon #ispace #hakuto

Finally, insurance for the flight was provided by Mitsui Sumitomo Insurance Company. Names were not always used consistently, and sometimes they were combined to form ‘ispace's SMBC x HAKUTO-R Venture Moon Mission 2’ or other variations. I will call it Resilience.

But first, ispace (through its European offshoot in Luxembourg) spent several years studying a mission near the south pole. The mission was called Polar Ice Explorer. This map shows its study area.
#moon #ispace #hakuto

We move on to the next lunar mission, launched on the same day (15 January 2025) as Firefly's BGM1... on the same rocket. It followed a slow, low energy, path to the Moon and arrived in orbit on 6 May. The landing attempt was on 5 June and it failed. What was it called? oh boy - hang on.

The private Japanese company involved is called ispace (no CAP). HAKUTO-R is the program, Venture Moon is the mission and Resilience is the spacecraft. Stay with me...
#moon #ispace #hakuto

Japanese startup Ispace has concluded that a hardware anomaly in a laser-based landing sensor caused the failure of its Mission 2 lunar landing earlier this month, the company announced Tuesday. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/06/24/japan/science-health/ispace-crash-cause/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #sciencehealth #startups #moon #ispace #space

ispace Releases Technical Cause Analysis for HAKUTO-R Mission 2

The analysis identifies an anomaly in the Laser Range Finder (LRF) that resulted in the hard landing.

https://ispace-inc.com/news-en/?p=7671

#ispace #HAKUTO_R #RESILIENCE #space #Moon #news #STEM #engineering

Japanese company blames laser glitch for second moon landing failure

News Desk 24 June 2025, 02:54 AM IST This is the company`s second failed Moon landing attempt This image provided by ispace, inc.…
#Japan #JP #JapanNews #Crash #failedmission #failure #ispace #Japanese #Japanesenews #lasernavigation #lunarlander #MareFrigoris #moonlanding #news #résilience #spaceexploration #spacecraftfailure
https://www.alojapan.com/1305437/japanese-company-blames-laser-glitch-for-second-moon-landing-failure/

https://www.alojapan.com/1305437/japanese-company-blames-laser-glitch-for-second-moon-landing-failure/ Japanese company blames laser glitch for second moon landing failure #Crash #FailedMission #failure #ispace #Japan #JapanNews #Japanese #JapaneseNews #LaserNavigation #LunarLander #MareFrigoris #MoonLanding #news #résilience #SpaceExploration #SpacecraftFailure News Desk 24 June 2025, 02:54 AM IST This is the company`s second failed Moon landing attempt This image provided by ispace, inc. shows the Resilience lander circling the moon, June 4, …

#NASA Moon Orbiter Spots Japan’s Crashed ispace Lunar Lander. Via @spacedotcom #ispace #Space #Astrophysics #OrbitalMechanics #Astronomy 🚀 🌌 ☄️ 🛰️

NASA Moon Orbiter Spots Japan’...

Tokyo-based private firm ispace's second attempt to land on the moon has failed.

The ispace team said at a press conference that it lost contact with M2 when the craft was 192 metres above the Moon’s surface and descending faster than expected. An attempt to reboot M2 was also unsuccessful. https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-025-01751-3 #Space #Moon #ispace #HAKUTO_R #Lunarlanding

🇯🇵 JAPAN
🔴 ispace Moon Lander Fails Again

🔸 Tokyo-based ispace says its Resilience craft likely crashed during Friday’s lunar landing.
🔸 This marks its 2nd failure after a 2023 attempt; the lander lost contact after a hard landing.
🔸 Mission aimed for 14-day survey in Mare Frigoris if touchdown succeeded.

#Japan #ispace #MoonMission #Space

Officials at the #Tokyo headquarters of #Ispace said on Friday morning local time that they had not been able to get in contact with the #Resilience spacecraft and presumed it had crashed 💥 in the northern hemisphere of the lunar near side https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/05/science/moon-landing-ispace-japan.html

Der japanische Mondlander Resilience ist beim Landeversuch abgestürzt. Bereits zum zweiten Mal scheitert das Unternehmen #Ispace mit einer Mondmission. Ursache war offenbar ein fehlerhafter Lasermesser. https://winfuture.de/news,151419.html?utm_source=Mastodon&utm_medium=ManualStatus&utm_campaign=SocialMedia

#SpaceMission #Moon #MoonLanding #ispace #HakutoR

It was early morning in Tokyo when the Hakuto-R Resilience lander of the Japanese company ispace inc. attempted the Moon landing. For the people who watched the conclusion of the first Hakuto-R lander's mission, the end of Resilience's mission unfortunately offered a sense of deja vu. This time, the telemetry transmission was interrupted less than two minutes before the Moon landing.

https://english.tachyonbeam.com/2025/06/06/the-landing-on-the-moon-of-ispaces-hakuto-r-resilience-lander-didnt-succeed/