Ispace

Japanese space transportation provider Ispace has begun talks with potential customers to sell lunar payload capacity it has secured on a future SpaceX Starship mission to the Moon.

Leonardo, Telespazio and iSpace have signed an agreement that could lead the Japanese lunar technology company to deploy a batch of Moon-navigation satellites.

Ispace selected Japan's H3 rocket to launch its Mission 3 Ultra lunar lander in 2028.

Ispace Gets ESA Backing For Magpie Rover

Ispace says it has secured European Space Agency backing for its Magpie lunar ice exploration rover.

Ispace Technologies U.S. and Draper plan to terminate their partnership to develop a lunar lander for NASA’s Commercial Lunar Payload Services program.

Japan’s Ispace says it has secured capacity on a SpaceX Starship launch to expand its lunar transportation ambitions.

Ispace of Japan has signed a memorandum of understand with ElevationSpace to develop a private lunar sample return mission.

The ispace team investigating why its lunar lander crashed on June 6 says an anomaly in the systems laser range finder is the most likely culprit.

Our roundup of the main aerospace and defense stories making the news this week.

The death toll for spacecraft attempting soft landings on the Moon notched up another victim last week.

Japan’s ispace failed in its second attempt to land a spacecraft on the Moon June 5, the cause of which has not yet been determined.

The European Space Agency has signed a contract extension with Ispace-Europe.

Competition for lunar resources is no longer hypothetical—it is happening now.

For the third time this year, a robotic lander will attempt to touch down on the surface of the Moon, this time from Japan's iSpace.

Zeno Power has raised a $50 million Series B funding round to demonstrate its nuclear battery technology and ramp up its manufacturing.

By moving from widgets to digits, the space industry is finding new homes in cities.

U.S. President Donald Trump has laid claim to Canada and Greenland, but when will he lay claim to the Moon?

Although the country is looking to foster a private space industry, the government remains a driving force.

NASA’s commercial lunar services initiative scores another major win.

Firefly Aerospace's Blue Ghost Mission 1 lander remains on course for a planned soft landing no earlier than March 2 at 3:45 a.m. EST on the Moon.

Ispace of Japan’s commercial “Resilience” lunar lander has completed its initial orbital maneuver, setting it on a course toward the Moon.

Moon dust and other characteristics of the lunar environment are due for closer inspection if two newly launched landers can make it safely to the lunar surface.

Two pioneering commercial lunar landers, Firefly Aerospace's Blue Ghost Mission 1 and Japan's ispace's Resilience, successfully launched early Jan. 15.

Firefly Aerospace’s Blue Ghost vehicle will share the ride with another lunar lander owned by Japan’s iSpace.