Lunar exploration company ispace has announced it will be listed on the Tokyo Stock Exchange on April 12, which is the 62nd anniversary of the first human spaceflight by Soviet cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin.

M1 and M2 currently planned for launch as early as Q4 2022* and 2024*, respectively, and an early look at a new micro rover planned for first deployment on M2, among other updates

TOKYO – January 25, 2022 – Today, ispace, inc. (ispace), a lunar exploration company with its headquarters in Japan and regional offices in the United States and Europe, shared key developments related to the company’s HAKUTO-R program, which consists of its planned first and second lunar missions, Mission 1 (M1) and Mission 2 (M2).