TOKYO—June 26, 2026—ispace, inc. (ispace) (TOKYO: 9348), a global lunar exploration company, today announced that 7 members of its Board of Directors and two auditors were reappointed at the 16th Ordinary General Meeting of Shareholders held on June 26, 2026. In addition, Founder & CEO Takeshi Hakamada was reappointed as Representative Director at the Board of Directors meeting held later in the day.

An image of ispace’s Board of Directors.

Reappointed members of the Board of Directors are:

Two individuals were reappointed to auditor positions.

In addition, Ayasa Naito, Tanabe General Law Office, will continue to serve as an external auditor and Shinichiro Mori, Mori & Partners Law Office, will serve as an alternate external auditor.

Statement of Takeshi Hakamada, Founder & CEO of ispace, inc.
“Having been reappointed as CEO at this shareholders’ meeting, I am acutely aware of the weight of my responsibilities. In 2026, the space industry is experiencing a very strong forward momentum. In addition to the bold lunar landing mission policy announced by NASA at its Ignition event in March, concrete plans for lunar activities are also progressing in Japan through the Basic Plan on Space Policy and the Space Strategy Fund. As we enter an era of high-frequency lunar transportation infrastructure, our management team and employees will work together with a singular drive to create innovative value and achieve sustainable growth. We will move forward to meet the expectations of all our stakeholders, including our shareholders. We thank you and ask for your continued support.”

About ispace, inc. (https://ispace-inc.com)
ispace, a global lunar resource development company with the vision, “Expand our planet. Expand our future.”, specializes in designing and building lunar landers and rovers. ispace aims to extend the sphere of human life into space and create a sustainable world by providing high-frequency, low-cost transportation services to the Moon. The company has business entities in Japan, Luxembourg, and the United States with approximately 300 employees worldwide. For more information, visit: www.ispace-inc.com and follow us on X: @ispace_inc.

Bretton Alexander Brings Deep Space Ties and Extensive Industry Network

DENVER—June 2, 2026— ispace-U.S., a subsidiary of ispace, inc. (ispace) (TOKYO: 9348), a global lunar exploration company, today announced Bretton Alexander will join ispace-U.S. as its new Executive Vice President of Business Development, bringing his deep ties to the space industry and an established network to the company’s U.S. entity.

Bretton Alexander, Executive Vice President of Business Development with Elizabeth Kryst, CEO of ispace-U.S.

With a more than 30-year career in the space industry, Mr. Alexander brings extensive experience to ispace-U.S. He held positions at Blue Origin in key business and government sales roles, Firefly Aerospace as Chief Revenue Officer and as President of the Commercial Spaceflight Federation.

Prior to that, Mr. Alexander also served in government as a senior policy analyst at the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy, serving under Presidents Bill Clinton and George W. Bush. He also served in advisory roles to both NASA and the FAA and was the Executive Director for the Google Lunar X PRIZE. He holds a Bachelor and Master of Science in Aerospace Engineering from the University of Virginia.

ispace-U.S. is an American lunar exploration company based in Englewood, Colo. The company provides transportation services to the lunar surface and lunar orbit as well as infrastructure capabilities for government, academic, and commercial customers.

With NASA’s recent announcement of IGNITION and its plans to develop a Moon Base as a central component of the agency’s Artemis program, ispace-U.S. is positioning itself to acquire future Commercial Lunar Payload Service (CLPS) task orders from NASA as well as private payload service contracts to support the operations near the lunar South Pole. Based on its proven spaceflight heritage; extensive mission control operations; and assembly, integration, and testing (AIT) experience, ispace and ispace-U.S. intend to lead the development of a vibrant cislunar economy that connects the Earth and the Moon.

Statement of Elizabeth Kryst, CEO of ispace-U.S.

“I am very excited to welcome Brett Alexander to ispace-U.S. and look forward to the leadership that he will provide our business development teams. Brett’s track record and experience in the space industry and specifically his focus on lunar exploration make him uniquely qualified to deliver world class lunar payload acquisitions and customer service for any organization going to the Moon,” said Elizabeth Kryst, CEO of ispace-U.S. 

Statement of Bretton Alexander, Executive Vice President, Business Development, ispace-U.S.

“As the world just witnessed with Artemis II, the Moon is within our reach. I’m thrilled to bring customer focus to ispace, a company whose vision, talent, and accomplishments are helping power the emerging cislunar economy.”

About ispace-U.S.

ispace-U.S. is an American lunar exploration company providing transportation and infrastructure capabilities from Earth to lunar orbit and the surface of the Moon for government and commercial customers. ispace believes that the utilization of lunar resources is the catalyst for enabling human permanence and economic opportunity on and around the Moon and is committed to achieving this goal.

For more information, follow us on LinkedIn and X: @ispace_us_inc

A first for ispace’s Legal Team & Japanese Space Start-ups

TOKYO—May 28, 2026—ispace, inc. (ispace) (TOKYO: 9348), a global lunar exploration company, today announced that it was selected as a finalist in the “Technology, Media and Telecommunications In-House Team of the Year” category at the “JAPAN LAW AWARDS 2026” organized by “Asian Legal Business (ALB),” operated by the Thomson Reuters Group.

The awards recognize corporate legal departments and law firms with outstanding achievements in Japan and enjoys a high profile within the legal industry both domestically and internationally. Notably, ispace is the first Japanese space startup to be selected as a finalist for this award.

As part of the selection, ispace’s Legal and Compliance Department was recognized for strengthening its global collaboration framework and successfully concluding numerous complex contracts, including multiple payload service agreements. Specifically, the legal team strengthened the company’s global export control systems and advanced its multinational collaboration framework to manage and utilize sensitive aerospace information and advanced technologies while complying with the law.

ispace’s legal and compliance function plays a critical role in supporting the organization’s business growth while maintaining compliance with various national regulations, guiding multinational technical collaboration, and executing global commercial contracts. ispace’s legal team is a small and relatively new, but the global team has worked closely together to adapt to requirements of the evolving space industry. The selection recognizes the team’s efforts and achievements.

Statement of Ryota Kaneko, General Counsel, ispace, inc.

“We are deeply honored to have been selected as a finalist for the internationally prestigious ALB Japan Award 2026. While the space industry is seeing accelerated technological innovation and international collaboration, it is also an area that requires appropriate legal regulations and export controls. Encouraged by this selection and guided by our long-standing principle of ‘being an enabler of business,’ our global team will continue to work together to support the sustainable development of the space industry and the realization of ispace’s mission.”

About ispace, inc. (https://ispace-inc.com)

ispace, a global lunar resource development company with the vision, “Expand our planet. Expand our future.”, specializes in designing and building lunar landers and rovers. ispace aims to extend the sphere of human life into space and create a sustainable world by providing high-frequency, low-cost transportation services to the Moon. The company has business entities in Japan, Luxembourg, and the United States with more than 300 employees worldwide. For more information, visit: www.ispace-inc.com and follow us on X: @ispace_inc.

TOKYO – May 13, 2026 – ispace, inc. (ispace) (TOKYO: 9348), a global lunar exploration company, and the University of Leicester (UoL) have signed a Payload Service Agreement (PSA) to deliver a Raman spectrometer payload to the lunar surface on a future ispace mission.

The payload is a Raman analytical spectroscopy instrument adapted from the original laser-based spectrometer developed for the ExoMars mission, and will be delivered by the University of Leicester, in collaboration with INTA (Madrid), the University of Aberdeen, RAL Space, and the University of Valladolid. The instrument will analyse the lunar surface to determine its molecular composition and identify resources that could support future human exploration missions. It is designed for integration with commercial small lunar landers and rovers that will explore the Moon’s surface in support of future space resource utilisation.

The Raman Spectrometer project is funded under the UK Space Agency (UKSA) Science and Exploration Bilateral Fund and represents a key step in advancing scientific instrumentation for in-situ lunar analysis.

Under the agreement, ispace will provide payload transportation services through its Japanese entity aboard a future mission using its newly introduced ULTRA lunar lander. The specific mission assignment has not yet been determined.

Building upon the heritage of lunar lander’s used for ispace’s two previous lunar missions, ULTRA is based on the outstanding technologies developed by its entities in Japan and the United States. The larger lander is expected to deliver even higher quality to meet growing customers’ demands in the fast-growing market.

To enable effective surface analysis, the Raman spectrometer must operate in very close proximity to, or in direct contact with, the lunar regolith. To achieve this, ispace and the University of Leicester are jointly developing a deployment mechanism that will allow the instrument to be positioned precisely on the lunar surface, supporting both lander- and rover-based operations.

Collaboration between ispace and the University of Leicester has been ongoing for several years. The partnership began with a Letter of Support in 2022, progressed to an Initial Payload Service Agreement (iPSA) in 2024, and has now advanced to a full Payload Service Agreement. The mission supports broader efforts to characterise lunar materials and enable future utilisation of space resources, contributing to the development of sustainable lunar exploration infrastructure.

Takeshi Hakamada, Founder & CEO of ispace “We are pleased to expand our collaboration with the University of Leicester through this Payload Service Agreement. By combining the University of Leicester’s expertise in Raman spectroscopy with ispace’s lunar transportation and surface mobility capabilities, we are helping lay the groundwork for future missions focused on understanding and utilising lunar resources.”

UK Space Minister Liz Lloyd said: “This agreement between ispace and the University of Leicester is a brilliant example of what UK space science can achieve when world-class academic expertise meets commercial ambition and I’m delighted to see it deepening our cooperation with Japan.

“By analysing the composition of the lunar surface – identifying resources like high value minerals, volatiles and water ice – this mission will lay the groundwork for sustainable lunar exploration, opening up economic opportunities and strengthening the UK’s role in this emerging market.”

Dr. Hannah Lerman, Planetary Group, School of Physics and Astronomy at the University of Leicester (PI of the UKSA Bilaterals programme with ispace): “We are very excited to see our collaboration with ispace progress with this latest agreement. ispace brings a fresh, dynamic approach to developing and launching space missions and we are thrilled to be part of their vision. This is a new model of space exploration that opens up a wide range of possibilities to demonstrate the capabilities of our technology developed at the University of Leicester. With human exploration missions so close to launch, this agreement is an important step in preparing for a future return to the moon.”

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About ispace, inc. (https://ispace-inc.com)

ispace, a global lunar exploration company with the vision, “Expand our planet. Expand our future.”, specializes in designing and building lunar landers and rovers. ispace aims to extend the sphere of human life into space and create a sustainable world by providing high-frequency, low-cost transportation services to the Moon. The company has business entities in Japan, Luxembourg, and the United States with approximately 300 employees worldwide. For more information, visit: www.ispace-inc.com and follow us on X: @ispace_inc.

About the University of Leicester (https://le.ac.uk)

The University of Leicester is led by discovery and innovation – an international centre for excellence renowned for research, teaching and broadening access to higher education. It is among the Top 30 universities in the Times Higher Education (THE)’s Research Excellence Framework (REF) 2021 rankings with 89% of research assessed as world-leading or internationally excellent, with wide-ranging impacts on society, health, culture, and the environment. The University is home to more than 20,000 students and approximately 4,000 staff.