Seven New Teams Join Google Lunar X Prize
X PRIZE UPDATE Today, the X PRIZE Foundation announced the official roster of 29 registered teams competing for the $30 million Google Lunar X PRIZE, an unprecedented competition to send a robot to...
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GLXP News: Moon Express Lunar Lander Takes First Flight
Silicon Valley, CA (June 30, 2011) – Moon Express, Inc. today announced a successful flight test of a prototype lunar lander system being developed in partnership with NASA. The company signed a...
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Team Drops Out of Google Lunar X Prize
During the recent Google Lunar X Prize Team Summit in Mountain View, one of the 29 teams was missing. C-Base Open Moon, a Germany-based competitor, has withdrawn from the $30 million moon race. In a...
View ArticleVideo: Apollo 11 Lands on the Moon
Happy 42nd birthday, Apollo 11! You don’t look a day over 29.
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GLXP News: Moon Express Names Alan Stern as Chief Scientist
Dr. Alan Stern Mountain View, CA (July 20, 2011) – Moon Express, a Google Lunar X PRIZE contender, revealed today that internationally recognized planetary scientist Dr. Alan Stern will be the Chief...
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Astrobotic Wins NASA Award to Study Lunar and Martian Lava Tubes, Caves
PITTSBURGH, PA – Astrobotic PR – NASA today selected Astrobotic Technology Inc. to research breakthroughs in methods to explore lava tubes, caves and recently discovered “skylights” leading down into...
View ArticleMoon Express Demonstrates Mini-Radar Lunar Landing System
MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., Aug. 24, 2011 /PRNewswire/ — Moon Express, a Google Lunar X PRIZE contender, announced today that it has successfully demonstrated a critical component of its lunar landing...
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GLXP Competitor Blasts Master Team Agreement as “Unconscionable”
Long simmering controversies concerning the Google Lunar X Prize (GLXP) heated up today as one of the 28 teams competing for $30 million branded the competition’s rules as “oppressive” and...
View ArticleVideo: How to Build a Robotic Lunar Excavator
Carnegie Mellon University PhD student Krzysztof Skonieczny discusses his work on developing the lightweight lunar excavator robot bucket-wheel, as well as some views on the future of space...
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GLXP News: Rocket City Space Pioneers Completes Key ILDD Milestone
Huntsville, Ala. (Sept. 2, 2011) – The Dynetics-led Rocket City Space Pioneers (RCSP) Google Lunar X PRIZE team has successfully completed a critical NASA contract milestone by delivering rocket engine...
View ArticleVideo: Moon Express Team Goes Yachting After Completing Milestone for NASA
Video Caption: We have an incredibly hard working team at Moon Express who pulled us through some tough challenges over the last few months. There were many days that just didn’t end… but it all paid...
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NASA Launches GRAIL Mission to the Moon
NASA PR — NASA’s GRAIL mission to study the moon from crust to core successfully lifted off from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station’s Pad SLC-17B at 9:08 a.m. EDT. Both GRAIL spacecraft have separated...
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Registration Opens for NASA Sample Return Robot Challenge
NASA PR — WASHINGTON — NASA and the Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI) in Worcester, Mass., are seeking teams to compete in a robot technology demonstration competition with a potential $1.5 million...
View ArticleVideo: Google Lunar X Prize Highlights Reel
A Google Lunar X prize highlights reel showing progress by 26 teams from around the world that are building robots, rockets, and lunar landing vehicles.
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New Space Prize: Moon Express Crowd Sources Lunar Mining Tools
Largely lost in Moon Express’s announcement last week of a partnership with Auto Desk was the announcement of a new space prize: Moon Express also announced “The Moon is ME” Lunar Mining Design...
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