Bretton Alexander Brings Deep Space Ties and Extensive Industry Network
DENVER—June 2, 2026— ispace-U.S., a subsidiary of ispace, inc. (ispace) (TOKYO: 9348), a global lunar exploration company, today announced Bretton Alexander will join ispace-U.S. as its new Executive Vice President of Business Development, bringing his deep ties to the space industry and an established network to the company’s U.S. entity.
Bretton Alexander, Executive Vice President of Business Development with Elizabeth Kryst, CEO of ispace-U.S.
With a more than 30-year career in the space industry, Mr. Alexander brings extensive experience to ispace-U.S. He held positions at Blue Origin in key business and government sales roles, Firefly Aerospace as Chief Revenue Officer and as President of the Commercial Spaceflight Federation.
Prior to that, Mr. Alexander also served in government as a senior policy analyst at the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy, serving under Presidents Bill Clinton and George W. Bush. He also served in advisory roles to both NASA and the FAA and was the Executive Director for the Google Lunar X PRIZE. He holds a Bachelor and Master of Science in Aerospace Engineering from the University of Virginia.
ispace-U.S. is an American lunar exploration company based in Englewood, Colo. The company provides transportation services to the lunar surface and lunar orbit as well as infrastructure capabilities for government, academic, and commercial customers.
With NASA’s recent announcement of IGNITION and its plans to develop a Moon Base as a central component of the agency’s Artemis program, ispace-U.S. is positioning itself to acquire future Commercial Lunar Payload Service (CLPS) task orders from NASA as well as private payload service contracts to support the operations near the lunar South Pole. Based on its proven spaceflight heritage; extensive mission control operations; and assembly, integration, and testing (AIT) experience, ispace and ispace-U.S. intend to lead the development of a vibrant cislunar economy that connects the Earth and the Moon.
Statement of Elizabeth Kryst, CEO of ispace-U.S.
“I am very excited to welcome Brett Alexander to ispace-U.S. and look forward to the leadership that he will provide our business development teams. Brett’s track record and experience in the space industry and specifically his focus on lunar exploration make him uniquely qualified to deliver world class lunar payload acquisitions and customer service for any organization going to the Moon,” said Elizabeth Kryst, CEO of ispace-U.S.
Statement of Bretton Alexander, Executive Vice President, Business Development, ispace-U.S.
“As the world just witnessed with Artemis II, the Moon is within our reach. I’m thrilled to bring customer focus to ispace, a company whose vision, talent, and accomplishments are helping power the emerging cislunar economy.”
About ispace-U.S.
ispace-U.S. is an American lunar exploration company providing transportation and infrastructure capabilities from Earth to lunar orbit and the surface of the Moon for government and commercial customers. ispace believes that the utilization of lunar resources is the catalyst for enabling human permanence and economic opportunity on and around the Moon and is committed to achieving this goal.
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