The Explorer's Club, a "professional society dedicated to the advancement of field research and the ideal that it is vital to preserve the instinct to explore," has featured the Google Lunar X PRIZE in its most recent issue of The Explorer's Journal. You can click here to download the relevant sections [PDF], or visit The Launch Pad for more information.

Part-Time-Scientists, a group of open source enthusiasts from Germany, has joined the ranks of the Google Lunar X PRIZE teams. Read more about this team on their team page.

It is with great pleasure that we announce the opening of Registration for the 2009 Northrop Grumman Lunar Lander Challenge! If you are interested in competing for the $1,650,000 in remaining prize purses, visit the Northrop Grumman Lunar Lander Challenge pages for more information.