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Israel's LUPEX Lunar Mission Nears Final Design Phase in Joint Effort with Japan's JAXA
Israel's upcoming lunar south‑pole sample‑return mission, LUPEX, has entered the final stage of joint technical design with Japan's space agency JAXA.
Israel's next lunar mission, the highly anticipated LUPEX (Lunar Polar Exploration), has reached the final stage of joint technical design with Japan's space agency JAXA. The collaboration focuses on developing the spacecraft and systems required to collect and return soil samples from the Moon's south pole.
LUPEX aims to retrieve lunar regolith from the south‑polar region, a site of scientific interest for its permanently shadowed areas and potential water ice deposits. Successfully bringing these samples back to Earth would provide valuable insights into the Moon's composition and the broader history of the solar system.
The partnership with JAXA marks a significant milestone, as both agencies have now completed the detailed engineering work needed to move toward hardware development and testing. This joint effort underscores the growing cooperation between Israel and Japan in deep‑space exploration.
With the design phase concluded, the mission is poised to advance to subsequent stages, bringing it closer to a launch window that will enable the historic sample‑return operation.
LUPEX aims to retrieve lunar regolith from the south‑polar region, a site of scientific interest for its permanently shadowed areas and potential water ice deposits. Successfully bringing these samples back to Earth would provide valuable insights into the Moon's composition and the broader history of the solar system.
The partnership with JAXA marks a significant milestone, as both agencies have now completed the detailed engineering work needed to move toward hardware development and testing. This joint effort underscores the growing cooperation between Israel and Japan in deep‑space exploration.
With the design phase concluded, the mission is poised to advance to subsequent stages, bringing it closer to a launch window that will enable the historic sample‑return operation.