Targets asteroid destinations
Develops spacecraft and in-situ refining technology to extract and process platinum group metals from metallic near-Earth asteroids.
Governs China's civil space programs, oversees lunar and planetary exploration missions, and coordinates international space cooperation
Japan's national space agency conducting launch operations, satellite development, Earth observation, asteroid exploration, and human spaceflight research
Develops orbital logistics vehicles, asteroid capture systems, and space domain awareness telescopes for cislunar resource utilization