ispace books cargo space on SpaceX Starship for moon mission

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Japanese company ispace booked cargo space on SpaceX's Starship for a moon mission, potentially launching by 2030. The $50 million deal secures 1,100 pounds of capacity for ispace's Mobile Cargo System, aiming to support a sustainable lunar economy. This move follows ispace's previous attempts with SpaceX's Falcon 9 rockets, which successfully reached lunar orbit but failed landing.


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