Takasago Thermal Engineering is a Japanese company pioneering the development of technologies for space, specifically focused on creating a lunar ecosystem. They are developing water electrolysis equipment to produce hydrogen and oxygen on the Moon, with a planned demonstration mission using ispace's lunar lander. Takasago is partnering with ispace on the HAKUTO-R project to achieve private-sector hydrogen production on the Moon and is also developing large-scale electrolyzers. Their activities contribute to creating optimized spatial environments not only on Earth, but also in space.
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On October 6, 2025, ispace decided to issue new shares through a third-party allocation to Takasago Thermal Engineering and Kurita Water Industries.
Takasago Thermal Engineering has collaborated with ispace in thermal utilization and water electrolysis technology.
ispace and Takasago Thermal Engineering renewed a memorandum to jointly develop proof-of-concept technology for water recovery, purification, and reuse systems on the lunar surface.
Takasago Thermal Engineering participated as a corporate partner in ispace's lunar exploration program 'HAKUTO-R' in December 2019.
ispace and Takasago Thermal Engineering signed a memorandum to proceed with joint studies on water resource mining and thermal control technology development.
A lunar water electrolysis device developed by Takasago Thermal Engineering was installed on the RESILIENCE lander for Mission 2.
ispace raised approximately 5 billion yen through capital increase, with about 3 billion yen from Takasago Thermal Engineering and about 2 billion yen from Kurita Water Industries.
Kurita Water Industries provided a ultra-pure water system designed for space environments, which was used in Takasago Thermal Engineering's lunar water electrolysis device for Mission 2.
ispace announced a third-party allotment capital increase with Kurita Water Industries and Takasago Thermal Engineering on October 6.
Takasago Thermal Engineering has participated as a corporate partner of ispace since 2019.
For Mission 2, Kurita Water Industries provided ultrapure water that will be delivered to the Moon as part of Takasago Thermal Engineering Corporation’s payload.
Takasago Thermal Engineering Corporation has a payload for Mission 2 that includes water electrolyzer equipment.
Takasago Thermal Engineering Co. provided water electrolyzer equipment as a payload integrated for Mission 2 as a HAKUTO-R corporate partner.
Mission 2 payloads include water electrolyzer equipment from Takasago Thermal Engineering Co.
Takasago Thermal Engineering has developed an integrated water electrolysis and fuel cell unit and is considering conducting a mission to produce hydrogen and oxygen on the Moon using ispace’s upcoming lunar missions.
ispace has signed a HAKUTO-R corporate partnership with Takasago Thermal Engineering to develop water electrolysis equipment for lunar applications.
Takasago Thermal Engineering Co., Ltd. plans to test its water electrolysis (water-splitting) technology on the Moon.