https://spaceminingdata.com/timeline.htmlContracts, awards, funding, agreements, schedule changes and other dated events in the SpaceMiningData space resources dataset, newest event date first. Events supported only by a company's own announcement say so. Item times are not recorded: a day-precise event is dated midnight UTC, and less precise dates are stated in the text instead.enWed, 11 Nov 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://spaceminingdata.com/timeline.html#evt-nasa-government-award-20261107https://spaceminingdata.com/evt-nasa-government-award-20261107Sat, 07 Nov 2026 00:00:00 +0000Government awardNASA selected eight companies as eligible to compete for future lunar surface delivery missions under CLPS 2: Blue Origin, Firefly Aerospace, Intuitive Machines, ispace-U.S., Lockheed Martin Space, Northrop Grumman Space Systems, SpaceX and Voyager Technologies. CLPS 2 is a 10-year, multiple-award master contract with a combined maximum value of $10 billion; that maximum is a ceiling, not money awarded to any company. NASA also raised the current CLPS contract's value from $2.6 billion to $4.2 billion.https://spaceminingdata.com/timeline.html#evt-blue-origin-government-award-20261107https://spaceminingdata.com/evt-blue-origin-government-award-20261107Sat, 07 Nov 2026 00:00:00 +0000Government awardNASA awarded Blue Origin a $94 million base contract to deliver the PROMISE rover to the lunar South Pole, with an option period worth an additional $140 million based on performance. NASA says the award expands the task order awarded in May 2026 to deliver two lunar terrain vehicles.https://spaceminingdata.com/timeline.html#evt-artemis-accords-vietnam-treaty-action-20261028https://spaceminingdata.com/evt-artemis-accords-vietnam-treaty-action-20261028Wed, 28 Oct 2026 00:00:00 +0000Treaty or Accords actionVietnam's Minister of Science and Technology signed the Artemis Accords in Ha Long on 28 October 2026, making Vietnam the 78th signatory. The Accords are a non-binding political commitment; Section 10 addresses space resource extraction.https://spaceminingdata.com/timeline.html#evt-examinart-government-award-20261027https://spaceminingdata.com/evt-examinart-government-award-20261027Tue, 27 Oct 2026 00:00:00 +0000Government awardNASA definitive contract 80NSSC27C0051, signed 2026-10-27, is titled as a Phase II SBIR for the Lunar Materials Analyzer (LuMA). The performance period on the snapshot is 2026-11-04 through 2028-11-03. The snapshot records $1,265,027 obligated and the same amount for the base contract plus all options. It does not report a total outlay. Separate account-level obligation and outlay fields both show zero; their relationship to the award totals was not established. The obligation is not evidence of payment.https://spaceminingdata.com/timeline.html#evt-artemis-accords-uzbekistan-treaty-action-20261019https://spaceminingdata.com/evt-artemis-accords-uzbekistan-treaty-action-20261019Mon, 19 Oct 2026 00:00:00 +0000Treaty or Accords actionUzbekistan signed the Artemis Accords at a ceremony in Samarkand on 19 October 2026, becoming the 77th signatory. The Accords are a non-binding political commitment; Section 10 addresses space resource extraction.https://spaceminingdata.com/timeline.html#evt-nasa-government-award-20260930https://spaceminingdata.com/evt-nasa-government-award-20260930Wed, 30 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000Government awardNASA selected three lunar-surface investigations through its PRISM program to fly on future CLPS deliveries. One, DISCO (principal investigator at NASA Ames), is meant to make on-the-ground measurements of ice in lunar micro-cold traps. The release names no lander, delivery date or award value.https://spaceminingdata.com/timeline.html#evt-aerofly-government-award-20260928https://spaceminingdata.com/evt-aerofly-government-award-20260928Mon, 28 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000Government awardThe federal record identifies NASA SBIR Phase II contract 80NSSC26C0090, signed 2026-09-28, for sbir phase ii continuous auger-based water vapor extraction from icy lunar regolith. As captured on 2026-10-31, the record reports USD 1,274,996 in total obligations; this is not a payment total or an amount established as newly obligated on the signing date.https://spaceminingdata.com/timeline.html#evt-artemis-accords-treaty-action-20260925https://spaceminingdata.com/evt-artemis-accords-treaty-action-20260925Fri, 25 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000Treaty or Accords actionDjibouti (14 September), Albania (21 September), Croatia (23 September), Côte d'Ivoire (24 September) and San Marino (25 September) signed the Artemis Accords, according to NASA's dated list of signatories. Section 10 of the Accords affirms that extracting space resources does not in itself count as national appropriation. The Accords are a non-binding political commitment, not a treaty.https://spaceminingdata.com/timeline.html#evt-torres-orbital-mining-government-award-20260923https://spaceminingdata.com/evt-torres-orbital-mining-government-award-20260923Wed, 23 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000Government awardThe federal record identifies NASA SBIR Phase I contract 80NSSC26C0357, signed 2026-09-23, for a non-ejective intake bit: a dual-stage sealed architecture for contamination-controlled lunar and planetary regolith sample handling. As captured on 2026-10-31, the record reports USD 214,143 in total obligations and no reported outlay (total_outlay is null); this is not a payment total, a flight or a test result.https://spaceminingdata.com/timeline.html#evt-luxembourg-space-agency-other-20260914https://spaceminingdata.com/evt-luxembourg-space-agency-other-20260914Mon, 14 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000OtherRuy Pinto took office as interim CEO of the Luxembourg Space Agency on 14 September 2026 following the departure of long-time CEO Marc Serres.https://spaceminingdata.com/timeline.html#evt-interlune-funding-round-20260915https://spaceminingdata.com/evt-interlune-funding-round-20260915Mon, 14 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000Funding roundInterlune's Form D notice signed 2026-09-14 reports $5,000,000 sold of a $5,000,000 SAFE offering, with 1 reported investor and a first sale dated 2026-08-31. This is the amount sold reported in that notice, not an offering target treated as proceeds, a current cash balance or a cumulative funding total.https://spaceminingdata.com/timeline.html#evt-ispace-other-20260909https://spaceminingdata.com/evt-ispace-other-20260909Wed, 09 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000Otherispace announced a board resolution for a 3 billion yen (about USD 19 million) three-year unsecured loan from Shizuoka Bank for working capital, with borrowing scheduled for September 2026. Company statements only. No independent or government source is recorded here.https://spaceminingdata.com/timeline.html#evt-cnsa-change-7-schedule-change-20260823https://spaceminingdata.com/evt-cnsa-change-7-schedule-change-20260823Sun, 23 Aug 2026 00:00:00 +0000Schedule changeA China Manned Space Agency statement, published by CNSA on 23 August 2026, said the Chang'e-7 mission did not meet launch conditions and could not be carried out in that year's planned window. The statement gives no reason and no replacement date.https://spaceminingdata.com/timeline.html#evt-us-office-of-space-commerce-policy-action-20260820https://spaceminingdata.com/evt-us-office-of-space-commerce-policy-action-20260820Thu, 20 Aug 2026 00:00:00 +0000Policy stepA Federal Register notice (91 FR 53849) invited U.S. operators of novel in-space activities to express interest, by 5 October 2026, in a pilot of the proposed Space Commerce Certification. The pilot is voluntary and non-binding, a certification granted during the pilot has, on its own, no direct legal effect, and participants must still meet FAA and FCC licensing requirements. The notice does not mention space resources.https://spaceminingdata.com/timeline.html#evt-asteroid-mining-corporation-other-20260818https://spaceminingdata.com/evt-asteroid-mining-corporation-other-20260818Tue, 18 Aug 2026 00:00:00 +0000OtherCompanies House published a first Gazette notice for compulsory strike-off of Asteroid Mining Corporation Limited on 18 August 2026; the strike-off action was suspended on 20 August 2026.https://spaceminingdata.com/timeline.html#evt-ispace-grant-20260807https://spaceminingdata.com/evt-ispace-grant-20260807Fri, 07 Aug 2026 00:00:00 +0000Grantispace announced an 11.6 billion yen grant (ceiling 20 billion yen, subject to stage-gate reviews) under Phase 2 of Japan's Space Strategy Fund, administered by JAXA, for high-precision landing near the lunar south pole on Mission 4; the project was selected on 2026-01-16. Company statements only. No independent or government source is recorded here.https://spaceminingdata.com/timeline.html#evt-interlune-agreement-20260730https://spaceminingdata.com/evt-interlune-agreement-20260730Thu, 30 Jul 2026 00:00:00 +0000AgreementInterlune and Vermeer announced an expanded partnership and a plan to deliver a mission-ready lunar site-preparation tool by 2028, to be demonstrated first on Earth and then on the Moon. Company statements only. No independent or government source is recorded here.https://spaceminingdata.com/timeline.html#evt-ispace-europe-contract-20260724https://spaceminingdata.com/evt-ispace-europe-contract-20260724Fri, 24 Jul 2026 00:00:00 +0000Contractispace-EUROPE announced that ESA awarded it the EUR 65 million Phase 2 contract covering MAGPIE rover and payload development, transport to the lunar surface and surface operations, with ispace-EUROPE as mission prime; the signing was marked at ESA's Space for Inspiration event on 2026-09-01.https://spaceminingdata.com/timeline.html#evt-karman-plus-schedule-change-20260721https://spaceminingdata.com/evt-karman-plus-schedule-change-20260721Tue, 21 Jul 2026 00:00:00 +0000Schedule changeKarman+ said its first mission's early-2027 launch slipped because its propulsion vendor could not deliver on time, that the new launch slot is mid-2028, and that asteroid 99942 Apophis became its target. In October 2025 the company had said it would launch on SpaceX Transporter-19 in about 15 months. Company statements only. No independent or government source is recorded here.https://spaceminingdata.com/timeline.html#evt-astrobotic-acquisition-202607https://spaceminingdata.com/evt-astrobotic-acquisition-202607Fri, 10 Jul 2026 00:00:00 +0000AcquisitionVoyager reported in its June 30, 2026 Form 10-Q that it closed the acquisition of Astrobotic on 2026-07-10. The agreement provided $300 million of undiscounted consideration, comprising $162.2 million base consideration, $9 million assumed debt and $128.8 million contingent consideration; this was not $300 million paid in cash at closing.https://spaceminingdata.com/timeline.html#evt-ispace-us-other-20260709https://spaceminingdata.com/evt-ispace-us-other-20260709Thu, 09 Jul 2026 00:00:00 +0000Otherispace disclosed that NASA and Draper mutually ended CLPS task order CP-12 effective 2026-07-09 (U.S. Mountain Time); ispace-U.S.'s subcontract with Draper to provide the lander is expected to be terminated.https://spaceminingdata.com/timeline.html#evt-copuos-space-resources-policy-action-202607https://spaceminingdata.com/evt-copuos-space-resources-policy-action-202607Policy stepDate: 2026-07 (as precise as the source). The chair and vice-chair of the COPUOS Legal Subcommittee's Working Group on Legal Aspects of Space Resource Activities issued a consolidated draft set of initial recommended principles, which the draft itself calls non-binding. It says extraction in compliance with the Outer Space Treaty does not inherently constitute national appropriation. Nothing has been adopted; the working group's plan targets finalization in 2027.https://spaceminingdata.com/timeline.html#evt-lunar-outpost-government-award-20260526https://spaceminingdata.com/evt-lunar-outpost-government-award-20260526Tue, 26 May 2026 00:00:00 +0000Government awardNASA awarded Lunar Outpost $220 million under the Lunar Terrain Vehicle Services contract to build and deliver its Pegasus rover, aiming for deployment by 2028; this is a mobility award, not a resource contract.https://spaceminingdata.com/timeline.html#evt-transastra-agreement-20260514https://spaceminingdata.com/evt-transastra-agreement-20260514Thu, 14 May 2026 00:00:00 +0000AgreementTransAstra announced a two-year Cooperative Research and Development Agreement with the US Air Force Academy to advance technologies for finding, capturing, and processing asteroids. Company statements only. No independent or government source is recorded here.https://spaceminingdata.com/timeline.html#evt-ispace-contract-20260513https://spaceminingdata.com/evt-ispace-contract-20260513Wed, 13 May 2026 00:00:00 +0000Contractispace announced a payload service agreement to carry a University of Leicester Raman spectrometer, intended to determine lunar surface molecular composition and identify resources, on a future ULTRA lander mission not yet assigned. Company statements only. No independent or government source is recorded here.https://spaceminingdata.com/timeline.html#evt-lunar-outpost-funding-round-20260507https://spaceminingdata.com/evt-lunar-outpost-funding-round-20260507Thu, 07 May 2026 00:00:00 +0000Funding roundLunar Outpost announced a $30 million Series B led by Industrious Ventures. Company statements only. No independent or government source is recorded here.https://spaceminingdata.com/timeline.html#evt-ispace-schedule-change-20260327https://spaceminingdata.com/evt-ispace-schedule-change-20260327Fri, 27 Mar 2026 00:00:00 +0000Schedule changeispace announced it would merge the APEX 1.0 and Series 3 designs into the ULTRA lander with a new engine, renumbering its missions: Mission 3 (formerly 4) planned for 2028, Mission 4 (formerly 6) for 2029, and the ispace-U.S. CP-12 mission becoming Mission 5 with a proposed 2030 launch pending NASA approval. Company statements only. No independent or government source is recorded here.https://spaceminingdata.com/timeline.html#evt-intuitive-machines-government-award-20260327https://spaceminingdata.com/evt-intuitive-machines-government-award-20260327Fri, 27 Mar 2026 00:00:00 +0000Government awardNASA awarded Intuitive Machines $180.4 million to deliver seven payloads to the south polar region, targeted for 2030, including volatile- and ice-measuring instruments.https://spaceminingdata.com/timeline.html#evt-interlune-agreement-20260303https://spaceminingdata.com/evt-interlune-agreement-20260303Tue, 03 Mar 2026 00:00:00 +0000AgreementInterlune and Astrolab announced a completed concept study to integrate Interlune excavation hardware on Astrolab's FLEX rover, with hardware testing planned in Houston. Company statements only. No independent or government source is recorded here.https://spaceminingdata.com/timeline.html#evt-interlune-government-award-20260224https://spaceminingdata.com/evt-interlune-government-award-20260224Tue, 24 Feb 2026 00:00:00 +0000Government awardNASA awarded Interlune SBIR Phase III contract 80NSSC26C0002 ($6,893,204, signed 2026-02-24) for 'Prospect Moon', a lunar resource technology demonstration and prospecting payload; NASA announced the award in May 2026.https://spaceminingdata.com/timeline.html#evt-university-of-tokyo-grant-20260210https://spaceminingdata.com/evt-university-of-tokyo-grant-20260210Tue, 10 Feb 2026 00:00:00 +0000GrantThe University of Tokyo reports that a grant under JAXA's Space Strategy Fund (second round) was decided on 10 February 2026 for its project to develop flight models of water and metal-element exploration instruments and to measure lunar resource amounts. JAXA's project page lists the selection notice and publication date separately, as 10 October 2025. No amount is stated.https://spaceminingdata.com/timeline.html#evt-interlune-funding-round-20260128https://spaceminingdata.com/evt-interlune-funding-round-20260128Wed, 28 Jan 2026 00:00:00 +0000Funding roundInterlune's Form D notice signed 2026-01-28 reports $500,000 sold of a $5,000,000 SAFE offering, with 6 reported investors and a first sale dated 2026-01-13. This is the amount sold reported in that notice, not an offering target treated as proceeds, a current cash balance or a cumulative funding total.https://spaceminingdata.com/timeline.html#evt-interlune-government-award-20260127https://spaceminingdata.com/evt-interlune-government-award-20260127Tue, 27 Jan 2026 00:00:00 +0000Government awardNASA awarded Interlune STTR Phase I contract 80NSSC26C0029 ($150,000, signed 2026-01-27) for a scalable lunar trenching implement, with the Colorado School of Mines; Interlune announced it on 2026-02-04.https://spaceminingdata.com/timeline.html#evt-ispace-other-20251207https://spaceminingdata.com/evt-ispace-other-20251207Fri, 05 Dec 2025 00:00:00 +0000OtherOn 2025-12-05, ispace announced that its HAKUTO-R program, begun in September 2018 and covering Missions 1 and 2, was expected to conclude on 2025-12-07 upon expiration of contracts with all 22 partner companies. Company statements only. No independent or government source is recorded here.https://spaceminingdata.com/timeline.html#evt-ispace-agreement-20251204https://spaceminingdata.com/evt-ispace-agreement-20251204Thu, 04 Dec 2025 00:00:00 +0000Agreementispace announced a strategic partnership agreement with Kurita Water Industries on business models, payload development and demonstration planning for lunar water resources, following a March 2025 MoU to carry a Kurita water-processing test device on an ispace mission after 2027. Company statements only. No independent or government source is recorded here.https://spaceminingdata.com/timeline.html#evt-ispace-funding-round-20251006https://spaceminingdata.com/evt-ispace-funding-round-20251006Mon, 06 Oct 2025 00:00:00 +0000Funding roundispace resolved on 2025-10-06 to issue new shares through a public offering and third-party allotments, including about 2 billion yen from Kurita Water Industries and about 3 billion yen from Takasago Thermal Engineering; ispace later reported the October-November 2025 capital increase as 18.2 billion yen. Company statements only. No independent or government source is recorded here.https://spaceminingdata.com/timeline.html#evt-ispace-europe-contract-20251006https://spaceminingdata.com/evt-ispace-europe-contract-20251006Mon, 06 Oct 2025 00:00:00 +0000Contractispace-EUROPE announced a USD 22 million payload service agreement with Magna Petra to integrate NASA's MSOLO mass spectrometer on an ispace-EUROPE micro-rover for Magna Petra's HALO helium-3 reconnaissance mission; the release placed the rover on ispace-U.S.'s APEX 1.0 lander (then 'Mission 3'). Company statements only. No independent or government source is recorded here.https://spaceminingdata.com/timeline.html#evt-ispace-agreement-20250925https://spaceminingdata.com/evt-ispace-agreement-20250925Thu, 25 Sep 2025 00:00:00 +0000Agreementispace announced an MoU with ElevationSpace to pursue a private mission returning a lunar sample to Earth, combining a planned ispace orbital transfer vehicle with ElevationSpace's re-entry capsule; no mission date was given. Company statements only. No independent or government source is recorded here.https://spaceminingdata.com/timeline.html#evt-transastra-contract-20250923https://spaceminingdata.com/evt-transastra-contract-20250923Tue, 23 Sep 2025 00:00:00 +0000ContractTransAstra announced a $2.5 million NASA Civil Commercial Research and Products Program contract, matched by $2.5 million in private investment, to scale its Capture Bag from 1 to 10 meters; the company says the 10-meter bag could enclose small asteroids for mining. Company statements only. No independent or government source is recorded here.https://spaceminingdata.com/timeline.html#evt-exploration-technology-group-government-award-20250923https://spaceminingdata.com/evt-exploration-technology-group-government-award-20250923Tue, 23 Sep 2025 00:00:00 +0000Government awardUSAspending identifies NASA contract 80NSSC25C0203, signed 2025-09-23, for SBIR Phase I work on a high-test peroxide generation system for monopropellant production from lunar water and oxygen. Captured on 2026-11-02, total_obligation and total_outlay are both 149330.0. That match is a federal-record snapshot, not a technical result or a separate proof of payment.https://spaceminingdata.com/timeline.html#evt-blue-origin-contract-20250919https://spaceminingdata.com/evt-blue-origin-contract-20250919Fri, 19 Sep 2025 00:00:00 +0000ContractNASA awarded Blue Origin a CLPS task order, with an option, to deliver the VIPER water-ice prospecting rover to the lunar South Pole in late 2027 on a second Blue Moon MK1 lander. NASA gives a total potential value of $190 million.https://spaceminingdata.com/timeline.html#evt-interlune-contract-20250916https://spaceminingdata.com/evt-interlune-contract-20250916Tue, 16 Sep 2025 00:00:00 +0000ContractInterlune and Bluefors announced that Bluefors agreed to buy up to 10,000 liters of helium-3 a year for delivery from 2028 to 2037; both companies published the release. Interlune later described it as a purchase of more than $300 million of helium-3. Nothing has been delivered. Company statements only. No independent or government source is recorded here.https://spaceminingdata.com/timeline.html#evt-blue-origin-other-20250910https://spaceminingdata.com/evt-blue-origin-other-20250910Wed, 10 Sep 2025 00:00:00 +0000OtherBlue Origin announced that Blue Alchemist completed its critical design review and that the next phase is an autonomous demonstration in a simulated lunar environment in 2026. Company-stated milestone; no independent confirmation. Company statements only. No independent or government source is recorded here.https://spaceminingdata.com/timeline.html#evt-examinart-government-award-20250908https://spaceminingdata.com/evt-examinart-government-award-20250908Mon, 08 Sep 2025 00:00:00 +0000Government awardNASA definitive contract 80NSSC25C0201, signed 2025-09-08, is titled as an SBIR I Lunar Materials Analyzer (LuMA). The performance period on the snapshot is 2025-09-29 through 2026-03-27. total_obligation and total_outlay on that snapshot are both 149491.0. The outlay field is the reported outlay on the award record, not a separate payment voucher. The NASA Phase I abstract describes a proposed regolith-composition monitor and concept work. It does not state this dollar figure.https://spaceminingdata.com/timeline.html#evt-interlune-grant-20250902https://spaceminingdata.com/evt-interlune-grant-20250902Tue, 02 Sep 2025 00:00:00 +0000GrantInterlune announced on 2025-09-02 a grant of up to $4.84 million from the Texas Space Commission to develop lunar regolith simulants at a Houston-area research center. The commission’s own release confirms the award, which reimburses eligible expenditures.https://spaceminingdata.com/timeline.html#evt-interlune-government-award-20250826https://spaceminingdata.com/evt-interlune-government-award-20250826Tue, 26 Aug 2025 00:00:00 +0000Government awardThe Department of the Air Force awarded Interlune contract FA864925P0440 ($1,249,990, signed 2025-08-26) to separate helium-3 from domestic helium; Interlune announced it on 2025-11-19. Terrestrial helium, not lunar.https://spaceminingdata.com/timeline.html#evt-astroforge-contract-20250811https://spaceminingdata.com/evt-astroforge-contract-20250811Mon, 11 Aug 2025 00:00:00 +0000ContractSafran Defense & Space announced it was selected by AstroForge to deliver two EPS X00 electric propulsion systems for the Vestri asteroid mission, then scheduled for early 2026. Company statements only. No independent or government source is recorded here.https://spaceminingdata.com/timeline.html#evt-firefly-aerospace-ipo-20250806https://spaceminingdata.com/evt-firefly-aerospace-ipo-20250806Wed, 06 Aug 2025 00:00:00 +0000IPOFirefly Aerospace announced pricing on 6 August 2025 of 19,296,000 IPO shares at USD 45 per share. The recorded USD 868,320,000 is shares multiplied by price, before fees and any underwriter option; it is not confirmed net or completed proceeds. Trading was expected on 7 August and closing on 8 August, subject to customary conditions. Company statements only. No independent or government source is recorded here.https://spaceminingdata.com/timeline.html#evt-interlune-agreement-20250805https://spaceminingdata.com/evt-interlune-agreement-20250805Tue, 05 Aug 2025 00:00:00 +0000AgreementInterlune and Astrolab announced that an Interlune multispectral camera for estimating helium-3 will fly on Astrolab's FLIP rover on an upcoming lunar mission, which Interlune described as its first lunar mission. Company statements only. No independent or government source is recorded here.https://spaceminingdata.com/timeline.html#evt-aerofly-government-award-20250801https://spaceminingdata.com/evt-aerofly-government-award-20250801Fri, 01 Aug 2025 00:00:00 +0000Government awardThe federal record identifies NASA SBIR Phase II contract 80NSSC25C0087, signed 2025-08-01, for phase ii sbir vertical lunar regolith conveyance for in-situ resource utilization. As captured on 2026-10-31, the record reports USD 898,925 in total obligations; this is not a payment total or an amount established as newly obligated on the signing date.https://spaceminingdata.com/timeline.html#evt-ohb-italia-contract-20250623https://spaceminingdata.com/evt-ohb-italia-contract-20250623Mon, 23 Jun 2025 00:00:00 +0000ContractOn 23 June 2025 the Italian Space Agency and OHB Italia announced that they had signed an industrial contract for ORACLE, under which OHB Italia, as prime contractor, is to design, build and test a lunar oxygen-extraction payload over forty months, up to the flight model. No contract value is given.https://spaceminingdata.com/timeline.html#evt-ispace-europe-contract-20250603https://spaceminingdata.com/evt-ispace-europe-contract-20250603Tue, 03 Jun 2025 00:00:00 +0000Contractispace-EUROPE announced a Phase 1 extension of its ESA pre-Phase A contract (awarded 2024-12-12) for the MAGPIE polar-ice rover mission; the two phases total EUR 2,695,000. Company statements only. No independent or government source is recorded here.https://spaceminingdata.com/timeline.html#evt-ispace-us-schedule-change-20250509https://spaceminingdata.com/evt-ispace-us-schedule-change-20250509Fri, 09 May 2025 00:00:00 +0000Schedule changeispace-U.S. announced an engine change to Agile Space Industries' VoidRunner for its APEX 1.0 lander and moved its Mission 3 (Team Draper CP-12) launch from 2026 to no earlier than 2027. Company statements only. No independent or government source is recorded here.https://spaceminingdata.com/timeline.html#evt-ispace-agreement-20250509https://spaceminingdata.com/evt-ispace-agreement-20250509Fri, 09 May 2025 00:00:00 +0000Agreementispace announced an MoU with Takasago Thermal Engineering for a feasibility study toward demonstrating Takasago's thermal-mining water-extraction technology, still in research and development, on a future ispace rover. Company statements only. No independent or government source is recorded here.https://spaceminingdata.com/timeline.html#evt-interlune-contract-20250507-2https://spaceminingdata.com/evt-interlune-contract-20250507-2Wed, 07 May 2025 00:00:00 +0000ContractInterlune announced that Maybell Quantum agreed to buy thousands of liters of helium-3 for yearly delivery from 2029 to 2035, for dilution refrigerators. Nothing has been delivered. Company statements only. No independent or government source is recorded here.https://spaceminingdata.com/timeline.html#evt-interlune-contract-20250507https://spaceminingdata.com/evt-interlune-contract-20250507Wed, 07 May 2025 00:00:00 +0000ContractInterlune announced that the DOE Isotope Program agreed to buy three liters of helium-3 harvested from the Moon, delivered on Earth no later than April 2029, at approximately the then-current commercial price. No DOE publication of the agreement was found. Nothing has been delivered.https://spaceminingdata.com/timeline.html#evt-interlune-agreement-20250507https://spaceminingdata.com/evt-interlune-agreement-20250507Wed, 07 May 2025 00:00:00 +0000AgreementInterlune and Vermeer announced a joint development agreement and unveiled a full-scale excavator prototype designed to process 100 metric tons of regolith per hour; Interlune says testing used auxiliary components. Company statements only. No independent or government source is recorded here.https://spaceminingdata.com/timeline.html#evt-lunar-resources-other-20250505https://spaceminingdata.com/evt-lunar-resources-other-20250505Mon, 05 May 2025 00:00:00 +0000OtherNASA Kennedy reported that its researchers and Lunar Resources ran molten regolith electrolysis in a vacuum chamber with the company's LR-1 reactor, producing and collecting molecular oxygen from about 25 kg of lunar regolith simulant while separating the oxygen from metals in the simulant. This was a ground test on simulant, not lunar material.https://spaceminingdata.com/timeline.html#evt-ispace-europe-luxembourg-article-xi-notification-other-20250411https://spaceminingdata.com/evt-ispace-europe-luxembourg-article-xi-notification-other-20250411Fri, 11 Apr 2025 00:00:00 +0000OtherLuxembourg informed the UN Secretary-General under OST Art. XI of ispace EUROPE S.A.'s Mission 2 activities (regolith collection for NASA and surface exploration within about 100 m of the landing site), noting the authorisation held under the 2017 space resources law.https://spaceminingdata.com/timeline.html#evt-magna-petra-agreement-20250402https://spaceminingdata.com/evt-magna-petra-agreement-20250402Wed, 02 Apr 2025 00:00:00 +0000AgreementNASA reported that it signed a reimbursable Cooperative Research and Development Agreement with Magna Petra on April 2 (2025) under which a second MSOLO mass spectrometer is to fly on a commercial rover selected by Magna Petra, with Magna Petra reimbursing NASA's integration and operations costs.