A couple of weeks ago at the Google Lunar X PRIZE Team Summit, an announcement was made that team Next Giant Leap has been acquired by Moon Express. As a well-established team with several valuable partnerships (such as Draper Labs and Sierra Nevada Corporation), NGL is undoubtedly a strategic asset for Moon Express; and it is worth noting that we fully expect to see more of these types of acquisitions and mergers occurring between teams as the competition progresses. In fact, X PRIZE considers these to be positive indicators of the maturation and advancement of the prize.
June 11, 2012 - By Chanda Gonzales
Approximately 1,000 participants got to learn about the Google Lunar X PRIZE and the fun and exciting education projects it has to offer at the Ecsite Conference in Cite de l’espace in Toulouse, France.
June 7, 2012 - By Leo Camacho
As I mentioned in my previous post recapping the Google Lunar X Prize Team Summit, Team Arca has announced some very exciting news in the development of their mission. Where most teams are partnering with companies like SpaceX or China, Arca has decided to build their own rocket. Here is a little info.
June 7, 2012 - By Leo Camacho
Every year the Google Lunar X PRIZE hosts a week long event called the GLXP Team Summit. It's a chance for all the active teams participating in the Google Lunar X PRIZE competition to get together, meet and greet, clarify rules and possibly share information with one another that could lead to major advancements in the overall effort to land on the moon.
May 17, 2012 - By Chanda Gonzales
Let Us Tell You A Little Bit About This Year’s 2012 MoonBots Challenge
The third annual MoonBots: A Google Lunar X PRIZE LEGO® MINDSTORMS® Challenge is officially back!
Now you may ask…. What is so unique about this year’s contest? The answer is easy…. EVERYTHING!
May 16, 2012 - By Leo Camacho
The X PRIZE Foundation and the LEGO Group today announced MoonBots 2012: A Google Lunar X PRIZE LEGO® MINDSTORMS® Challenge. This third annual contest will challenge teams of youth to study the history of heritage artifacts left on the Moon, while getting an opportunity to learn about the new and exciting things that private industry and government are doing in the arena of space exploration, including the $30 million Google Lunar X PRIZE.
May 7, 2012 - By Leo Camacho
It’s the night of the big game. From the locker room you can hear the crowd maintain a steady roar that almost hums like television static in the background. You’re focused and your mind is in the zone. Final preparations are made before you finally take that slow-motion walk out of the entry tunnel and set foot on the stadium floor to a crowd of 20,000+ people, each one of them waiting intently to see what you’re capable of. This is the big show.
April 26, 2012 - By Leo Camacho
That's right, starting on April 26th-28th, the Google Lunar X PRIZE team will be at the FIRST World Robotics Championships and we'll be updating all the usual social media channels with up to the minute news and other cool robotic shenanigans!
April 24, 2012 - By Alex Hall
In a short while, we’re expecting to get the full run down on the new company that Peter Diamandis, Chairman of the X PRIZE Foundation, and several notable individuals are launching. This isn’t an inside scoop – we’re all waiting for the press conference too – but it IS a big day for the Google Lunar X PRIZE.
April 20, 2012 - By Leo Camacho
It's that time of year again here at X PRIZE. Much like carols and bells signify the arrival of the Christmas season, the X PRIZE offices teem with the sounds of frantically sprinting footsteps, papers flying about the room and the endless chiming of phone-ringing which signifies the arrival of Visioneering.
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