Moon Express
Former Google Lunar X Prize teams focused on new commercial and government opportunities
Companies that one competed for the Google Lunar X Prize now expect to fly their first lunar landers in the next two years to serve the needs of commercial and government customers, including NASA.
Space Tech Expo USA 2018
Space Tech Expo will be returning to Pasadena for 2018. America’s engineering and manufacturing meeting place for space technology grows bigger and better year on year, bringing together industry leaders, decision-makers and buyers to meet t…
Lunar X Prize competition to restart, without prize
Days after the decade-old Google Lunar X Prize competition expired without a winner, the X Prize Foundation announced it would “relaunch” the competition, albeit without a prize purse for now.
Jury awards Intuitive Machines $4.1 million in cash and Moon Express equity
A Delaware jury awarded $4.1 million in cash and Moon Express equity to Intuitive Machines, a Houston-based company Moon Express hired to write flight software and develop a terrestrial return vehicle for its commercial lunar transportation business.
X Prize teams plan to keep shooting for the moon
The finalists in the Google Lunar X Prize competition say they will continue efforts to send spacecraft to the moon despite the expiration of the prize in March.
Google Lunar X Prize to end without winner
The foundation running the Google Lunar X Prize announced Jan. 23 that the $20 million grand prize for a commercial lunar lander will expire at the end of March without a winner.
Moon Express and NanoRacks partner on lunar payloads
Commercial lunar lander company Moon Express announced an agreement with NanoRacks Oct. 10 to carry commercial payloads to the surface of the moon.
NASA preparing call for proposals for commercial lunar landers
NASA is preparing to release a solicitation for the commercial transportation of payloads to the lunar surface, the latest step in the agency’s efforts to help promote the development of commercial lunar landers.
Google Lunar X Prize teams get extra time to win competition
After months of stating that it would offer no further extensions of the Google Lunar X Prize competition, the X Prize Foundation announced Aug. 16 it was effectively giving the five remaining teams a little extra time.
Moon Express releases details of its lunar lander missions
Moon Express, a company developing commercial lunar landers, said July 12 its first mission is still on schedule to launch by the end of this year in a bid to win the Google Lunar X Prize.
Moon Express fully funded for Google Lunar X Prize bid
Moon Express announced Jan. 13 that it has closed a $20 million financing round, giving the company sufficient funds for an attempt to win the Google Lunar X Prize later this year.
NASA seeks concepts for commercial lunar lander instruments
NASA announced Nov. 1 that it is seeking information regarding instruments that could be flown to the moon on future commercial spacecraft.
Moon Express wins U.S. government approval for lunar lander mission
Moon Express said Aug. 3 that it has won a first-of-its-kind regulatory approval from the U.S. government for a commercial lunar lander the company is developing.
Moon Express takes over Cape Canaveral Delta 2 launch site
Moon Express, a Florida company developing commercial lunar landers, announced July 12 an agreement with the U.S. Air Force to take over a former Delta 2 launch site at Cape Canaveral.
Moon Express proposes alternate approach for lunar mission regulatory approvals
Concerned that regulatory uncertainty could block its plans to launch a lunar lander mission next year, Moon Express has proposed an alternative approach for carrying out a required payload review that could keep its plans on schedule while a more permanent legislative solution is developed.
X Prize Verifies Moon Express Launch Contract
The X Prize Foundation announced Dec. 8 that it has verified a launch contract announced in October by Moon Express, making the company the second with an approved deal to participate in the $30 million Google Lunar X Prize competition to land spacecraft on the moon.
