Announced HAKUTO-R partner company for private-sector lunar exploration
February 22, 2019, Tokyo, Japan - Japanese space venture "ispace" CEO Takeshi Hakamada (L) and COO Takahiro Nakamura announce the company makes corporate partnerships with Japan Airlinees, Mitsui Sumitomo Insurance and NGK Spark Plug to support "Hakuto-R" lunar exploration mission in Tokyo on Friday, February 22, 2019. "ispace" is expecting to send a rover to the moon in 2021 and conduct the world's fisrt test of NGK's solid state battery on the moon. (Photo by Yoshio Tsunoda/AFLO)