Press Release

June 06, 2024
ispace, inc.

HRH the Grand Duke of Luxemburg and Government Officials Visit ispace EUROPE
Assembly of the Micro Rover Flight Model is underway at ispace EUROPE
LUXEMBOURG – June 06, 2024 –ispace EUROPE S.A., the Luxembourg-based subsidiary of ispace, inc.,welcomed His Royal Highness the Grand Duke of Luxembourg, accompanied by the Minister of theEconomy, SME, Energy and Tourism, Lex Delles, Tadahiro Matsubara, Ambassador Extraordinary andPlenipotentiary of Japan in Luxembourg, and Deputy CEO of the Luxembourg Space Agency, Mathias
Link, to ispace EUROPE office on June 4, 2024, to observe the development progress of thecompany’s lunar micro rover.

Julien-Alexandre Lamamy, CEO of ispace EUROPE explains about the development progress of Micro
Rover to visitors from left Deputy CEO of the Luxembourg Space Agency, Mathias Link, Minister of theEconomy, SME, Energy and Tourism, Lex Delles, HRH the Grand Duke of Luxembourg, and Tadahiro
Matsubara, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Japan in Luxembourg

ispace EUROPE located in Luxembourg opened in March 2017, under a cooperative agreement withthe Government of Luxembourg’s SpaceResource.lu initiative, part of its national space strategy,
which aims to make Luxembourg a European hub for space resource exploration and utilization.
Julien-Alexandre Lamamy, CEO of ispace EUROPE received the guests and escorted HRH the GrandDuke of Luxembourg and Government Officials to the manufacturing lab to witness the assembly ofthe actual rover flight model. After its expected completion of the integration and testing activity thissummer, the rover will be transferred from Luxembourg to Japan to be installed on RESILIENCE
lander and finally prepared for launch in Winter 2024. The RESILIENCE lander is planned to deliver tothe lunar surface as part of ispace’s HAKUTO-R Mission 2.

HRH the Grand Duke of Luxembourg and Minister of the Economy, SME, Energy and Tourism, Lex Delles in theClean room of the Manufacturing Lab

The official visit also included a tour of ispace EUROPE’s Lunar Analog Test facility and Mission
Control Room. During the visit, the Grand Duke experienced rover operations on the lunar surface,
simulated in ispace’s facility. During conversations with ispace engineers working in the mission
control room in ispace EU’s facility, he praised the cutting-edge rover technology born in Luxembourg,
designed to overcome challenges on the lunar surface and enhance exploration.
“It was a great honour to be able to join the visit at ispace, and we are very proud to see what theteam achieved during the past few years. We are looking forward to the next steps of the mission
which will also be the first one under the 2017 national Law on the Exploration and Use of Space
Resources” said Deputy CEO of the Luxembourg Space Agency, Mathias Link.

“ We are very honored to welcome His Royal Highness the Grand Duke of Luxembourg, government
officials, the Ambassador of Japan to Luxembourg, and others at the ispace EUROPE office, wheredevelopment is nearing completion on the micro rover that will be installed on the RESILIENCE lunar
lander for the upcoming ispace M2 mission. The rover mission exemplifies the strong partnership
between ispace and Luxembourg, united by a bold vision for space exploration and a determined,
can-do attitude. We are happy to have the opportunity to strengthen the relations between thegovernments of Luxembourg and Japan.” said ispace EUROPE CEO Julien-Alexandre Lamamy.

Group photo: HRH the Grand Duke of Luxembourg with officials and ispace EUROPE employees

The micro rover is being developed with co-funding from the Luxembourg Space Agency through aEuropean Space Agency contract with the Luxembourg National Space Programme, LuxIMPULSE.
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 thesphere of human life into space and create a sustainable world by providing high-frequency, low-costtransportation services to the Moon. The company has business entities in Japan, Luxembourg, andthe United States with more than 300 employees worldwide. For more information,
visit: www.ispace-inc.com and follow us on X: @ispace_inc.
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