Tag: MX-1

Moon Express and Changing the Debate Over NASA’s Priorities

Moon Express and Changing the Debate Over NASA’s Priorities

Setting Up Shop / Image Credit Moon Express Florida Today reports that Moon Express has signed a deal with Space Florida for partial use of historic Launch Complex 36 in order to test engines and hardware for what will ultimately become its MX-1 Lunar Lander. From the story: “Moon Express is the first entrepreneurial “new […]

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As NASA’s Morpheus Makes its Final Flight, Moon Express Begins Testing at KSC

As NASA’s Morpheus Makes its Final Flight, Moon Express Begins Testing at KSC

Morpheus : Image Credit NASA Bit by bit, NASA’s vision of the Kennedy Space Center as a 21st century spaceport is taking shape, offering an interesting mix of public and private spaceflight. And bit by bit, the spaceport which launched mankind to the Moon, is helping to send machines back. As Florida Today reports, as […]

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From MoonMail to Lunar Mission One, The Moon Is Attracting NewSpace Attention

From MoonMail to Lunar Mission One, The Moon Is Attracting NewSpace Attention

Griffin Lander: Astrobotic Technology Inc. All those artifacts the United States left on the Moon are soon going to have company, perhaps a great deal of it. Just over a year ago, Moon Express held a gala event in Las Vegas to unveil its MX-1 Commercial Lunar Lander, the centerpiece of its effort to compete […]

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