Press Release
July 25, 2024
ispace, inc.

ispace-EUROPE announces Completion of First European Designed, Manufactured, andAssembled Lunar Micro RoverMicro Rover named “TENACIOUS” scheduled to fly on RESILIENCE Lander for Mission 2
LUXEMBOURG – July 25, 2024 – ispace EUROPE S.A. (ispace-EUROPE), the Luxembourg-based
subsidiary of ispace, inc. (ispace)(TOKYO: 9348) announced today that the flight model of its
European designed, manufactured, and assembled lunar micro rover has been completed and isbeing prepared for delivery to Japan for integration into the HAKUTO-R Mission 2 RESILIENCE
lunar lander.
The announcement was made today by Julien Lamamy, CEO of ispace-Europe at a press
conference in Luxembourg, attended by Lex Delles, Luxembourg’s Minister of the Economy, SME,Energy and Tourism; Tadahiro Matsubara, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary ofJapan in Luxembourg; Mathias Link, Deputy CEO of the Luxembourg Space Agency; and Atsushi
Saiki, CRO of ispace, inc.
A TENACIOUS European-built Rover

A photo of the flight model of the TENACIOUS lunar micro rover.

The lunar micro rover was designed, manufactured, and assembled with co-funding from theLuxembourg Space Agency through a European Space Agency contract with the Luxembourg
National Space Programme, LuxIMPULSE.
The lunar micro rover, intended to be lowered to the lunar surface from the RESILIENCE lunar
lander and conduct exploration of the area around the landing site, is named TENACIOUS. The
name embodies both the human characteristics of the small-in-stature, yet unrelenting
enterprise of the rover as well as the ispace-EUROPE team that has been developing it based on
the ispace heritage of rover design and manufacturing.

Luxembourg’s Minister of the Economy, SMEs, Energy and Tourism, Lex Delles, commented: “Ourambition is to develop a space sector that is highly integrated with our industries on earth andopens up new market opportunities, both in space and on earth. We are continuously increasing
our efforts to establish fruitful collaborations with companies in the sector as well as with ourinternational partners. And ispace is a concrete example of this excellent collaboration. With thismicro rover, the very first to be developed and assembled in Luxembourg, ispace is helping toestablish Luxembourg as a pioneer in the exploration and use of space resources.”“I am delighted to witness the completion of the first European rover designed, manufactured
and actually going to the Moon, today in Luxembourg,” said Tadahiro Matsubara, Ambassador
Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Japan in Luxembourg. “This is a significant step for theLuxembourg government that is actively promoting the industrialization of space resources. We
hope ispace's continuous challenge will further deepen the goodwill between Japan and theGrand Duchy of Luxembourg.”“ispace was one of the very first companies to set up in Luxembourg as part of theSpaceResources.lu initiative and ispace’s vision has always been very much in line with the oneof Luxembourg. We would like to congratulate the entire team on this achievement, and on thework that has enabled this fruitful international collaboration between Luxembourg, Japan, andthe USA,” said Mathias Link, Deputy CEO of the Luxembourg Space Agency.
“Tenacious perfectly captures the spirit of this small rover, poised to achieve groundbreaking
milestones. It is the first lunar rover built in Europe and will be the first to transport European
customers to the Moon’s surface and collect space resources under Luxembourg’s 2017 Space
Resources Law,” said Julien Lamamy, CEO of ispace-EUROPE.
“As the world’s interest in lunar exploration grows, we are very pleased to contribute, throughour European subsidiary, to the development of the European Space Agency and theLuxembourg Space Agency for the future utilization of lunar resources,” said Takeshi
Hakamada, Founder and CEO of ispace. “All of us at ispace are dedicated to success as we
prepare the RESILIENCE lander and TENACIOUS rover for Mission 2.”

The TENACIOUS lunar micro rover on display at ispace-EUROPE’s headquarters in Luxembourg.

TENACIOUS measures 26 cm tall, 31.5 cm wide, 54 cm long, and weighs approximately 5 kg. Its
lightweight frame is made of carbon fiber-reinforced plastics (CFRP) that are able to withstandthe rocket launch and other vibrations during transit to the lunar surface.

The lunar micro rover is equipped with a forward-mounted HD camera that can capture images
on the lunar surface. The wheels are shaped in such a way so that the rover can traverse lunar
regolith in a stable manner. Commands and data will be sent and received from the mission
control center via the lander.
HAKUTO-R Mission 2Mission 2, ispace’s second lunar exploration mission, is expected to launch on a SpaceX Falcon 9rocket from Cape Canaveral, Fla., in Winter 2024. RESILIENCE will deliver commercial andscientific equipment to the lunar surface and is expected to contribute to the NASA-led Artemis
program. In addition to operation of its commercial payloads, the mission will include TENACIOUS,
which will deploy from the lunar lander and conduct surface exploration including the collectionof lunar regolith.
In December 2020, ispace-EUROPE was selected by NASA to acquire regolith from the lunar
surface to be purchased by the space agency. Once on the lunar surface, ispace operators plan touse a shovel to collect a sample of lunar regolith and photograph the collection with the camera
mounted on the rover.
ispace is leveraging its global presence through its three business units in Japan, the U.S., andLuxembourg, for the simultaneous development of upcoming missions. Mission 2 is led by theispace Japan entity. Mission 3, debuting the APEX 1.0 lunar lander, is led by the ispace U.S. entity
and is expected to launch in 2026. Mission 6, which will utilize the Series 3 lander, currently being
designed in Japan, is scheduled to be launched by 2027.
###About ispace, inc. (https://ispace-inc.com)
ispace, a global lunar exploration company with the vision, “Expand our planet. Expand ourfuture.”, 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, lowcost 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.