📣Announcement: ispace-U.S. (@ispace_us_inc) announces new Executive Vice President of Business Development, Bretton Alexander, bringing his deep ties to the space industry and an established network to the company’s U.S. entity.
With a more than 30-year career in the space industry, Mr. Alexander brings extensive experience to ispace-U.S. He has held key positions in the space industry, served in government as a senior policy analyst, served in advisory roles to both NASA and the FAA, and was the Executive Director for the Google Lunar X PRIZE.
Based on our 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. We look forward to the leadership that Mr. Alexander will provide our business development teams.
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Yesterday was an amazing day for our family with daughter Sarah marrying Tim Buckley in a beautiful service on the Hudson river above New York City. Congratulations Tim and Sarah! 🎊🎉🥂
Flashback to when the SwRI-led Juno mission team coined a new term and characterized storms at Jupiter. Read on to learn more about “mushballs” and “shallow lightning.” #FlashbackFriday
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Yesterday was an amazing day for our family with daughter Sarah marrying Tim Buckley in a beautiful service on the Hudson river above New York City. Congratulations Tim and Sarah! 🎊🎉🥂
The current national defense posture calls for scale and speed. That’s what Voyager is building with our propulsion portfolio. The @DARPA Burn n' Go Phase 2 contract win is the latest validation.
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🌏🚀 Takeshi Hakamada, ispace Founder & CEO, recently spoke at the #SPEXA international space business exhibition in Tokyo as a member of the conference’s advisory board.
During the session, he shared updates on ispace’s mission development progress, discussed broader trends in lunar infrastructure progress, and highlighted our ongoing work to build the cislunar economy. 🌕
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Welcoming Operation Period to our 2027 spaceflight manifest. This will be the first spaceflight ever dedicated to studying menstruation in microgravity, investigating how space travel affects menstrual physiology, with implications for astronaut health and reproductive medicine on Earth. This is what inclusive-by-design research looks like → https://t.co/orze0lpiEf
We are excited to be part of the growing momentum for lunar transportation initiatives in Japan! 🇯🇵🌕
The JAL Group’s newly announced “ARGO PROJECT” reflects increasing interest in expanding access to the Moon across industries. Together with yesterday’s announcement of a Payload Services Agreement for ispace’s next lunar landing mission—currently scheduled for 2028—which will deliver cultural payloads intended to help preserve and pass on humanity’s stories and values to future generations, it’s another step toward building a broader cislunar economy.
VSS Unity completed a successful glide flight today above @Spaceport_NM. Pilots, ground crew, and Mission Control all running live operations, building the rhythm our new spaceship program demands → https://t.co/eCNl1tR5fo
🏆 We’re proud to share that ispace has been recognized with the Equity Deal of the Year award at the DEALWATCH AWARDS 2025 hosted by the London Stock Exchange Group. ispace CFO & Executive Business Director Jumpei Nozaki attended the award ceremony in Tokyo along with Kentaro Imai, Finance & IR Manager, to accept this honor on behalf of the company.
This recognition reflects the expertise and dedication of our Finance & IR team in supporting ispace’s long-term growth and mission to expand the cislunar economy. We remain committed to building a sustainable foundation for the future of lunar exploration and development. 🌕
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NASAWatch EDITOR KEITH COWING TO RECEIVE NSS SPACE PIONEER AWARD FOR EXCELLENCE IN MASS MEDIA AT ISDC-2026!
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SwRI’s Technology Today podcast talks with Colonel Eileen Collins, an SwRI advisory trustee and the first woman to pilot and command a NASA spacecraft, to discuss her new documentary, “Spacewoman.” Listen now!
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