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Astrobotic Signs Chile’s Team AngelicvM to 2017 Google Lunar XPrize Attempt
By 2015.10.28 1 Comments Read More →

Astrobotic Signs Chile’s Team AngelicvM to 2017 Google Lunar XPrize Attempt

There is an interesting trend developing with the $20 million dollar Google Lunar XPrize. Earlier this year, Pittsburgh, PA. based Astrobotics, which hopes to develop regular deliver service to the Moon, announced that it has signed an agreement with the sole Japanese entry, Team Hakuto, to transport that team’s twin rovers to the Moon along […]

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Israel’s SpaceIL Books Moon Flight on SpaceX Falcon 9
By 2015.10.07 1 Comments Read More →

Israel’s SpaceIL Books Moon Flight on SpaceX Falcon 9

On October 3rd, Google Lunar XPrize competitor Moon Express announced that it had signed a launch agreement with Rocket Lab for at least two 2017 launches aboard that company’s Electron launch vehicle. The notice was remarkable for several reasons, not the least of which being it appeared to cement Moon Express as being the first […]

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