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🇯🇵🌕🇱🇺 We were pleased to welcome His Excellency Mr. Michel Leesch, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg, and representatives of the Embassy of Luxembourg in Japan to our Earth Base in Tokyo.

During the visit, ispace Founder & CEO Takeshi Hakamada shared updates on our upcoming lunar missions, and the delegation toured our office facilities, including our Mission Control Center.

The discussion also highlighted the important role of ispace-EUROPE, headquartered in Luxembourg, in advancing Europe's lunar ambitions. This includes MAGPIE (Mission for Advanced Geophysics and Polar Ice Exploration), a European Space Agency (ESA)-supported lunar rover mission led by ispace-EUROPE that aims to explore the Moon's south polar region, prospect for water ice, and advance our understanding of lunar resources, which is an important step toward enabling future lunar exploration.

As ispace continues to strengthen its presence in Europe through ispace-EUROPE, we look forward to continued engagement with Luxembourg's space community and to exploring new opportunities for collaboration across the global space sector.

🇯🇵🤝🇳🇴 We were honored to welcome His Royal Highness Crown Prince Haakon to our new Earth Base in Tokyo, joined by Norway's Minister of Digitalisation and Public Governance, Ms. Karianne Oldernes Tung; Minister of Fisheries and Ocean Policy, Ms. Marianne Sivertsen Næss; and State Secretary of the Ministry of Defence, Mr. Andreas Flåm, along with representatives from Innovation Norway and other distinguished guests from government and industry.

During the visit, ispace Founder & CEO Takeshi Hakamada, shared our vision for building the cislunar economy and led a tour of our Mission Control Center, providing an overview of our lunar missions. We were also pleased to host fellow industry leaders KSAT, ArkEdge Space Inc., Axelspace Holdings Corporation, and Synspective Inc., highlighting the innovation and collaboration shaping the future of the space sector in both Norway and Japan.

As our two nations continue to strengthen cooperation across the industry, we look forward to future opportunities to bring together expertise, technology, and ambition in support of humanity's future in space. 🌕🚀