BREAKING: SpaceX’s Starship just got another lunar customer. Japan’s ispace will use SpaceX’s Starship for Moon cargo missions. • ispace sig…

BREAKING: SpaceX’s Starship just got another lunar customer. Japan’s ispace will use SpaceX’s Starship for Moon cargo missions. • ispace signed an agreement with SpaceX to secure 500 kg of payload capacity on Starship. • First mission is targeted to launch as early as 2030 through ispace’s new Lunar Access Integration service. • The service is designed to make it easier for companies, governments, and research organizations to send payloads to the Moon. • Customers can fly payloads ranging from a few kilograms up to 500 kg on shared Starship missions. “We are very pleased to be able to offer the new Lunar Access Integration service utilizing Starship’s payload space… High-capacity, relatively low-cost lunar transport… is essential to realizing the sustainable lunar economy that ispace aims to create.” — ispace Founder & CEO Takeshi Hakamada

Source: Elon Musk (X) | 2026-07-08