13 July 2018
Israel plan to launch historic Moon mission later this year
... construction mostly from private donors. Although SpaceIL was initially founded by three young engineers to compete for Google's $20 million Lunar X Prize, the promise of landing an Israeli spacecraft on the moon has become something of a national...
12 April 2019
Beresheet spacecraft crash lands on the Moon
...way since its inception. Originally designed to take part in Google’s Lunar XPRIZE by the nonprofit organisation SpaceIL, together with...became apparent they would not finish within the deadline set by Google. As it turned out, no team managed to win ...
30 November 2016
German company announce their 'Mission to the Moon' plans
... Cernan set while on the Moon! The PTScientists are one of 16 teams still in the running for the Google Lunar XPRIZE (http://lunar.xprize.org/), and they will be using a commercial launch vehicle to blast their...
03 January 2017
What did 2016 do for us?
... Indus (India) will find out at the end of this year, who will be the recipient of the $20 million Google Lunar X grand prize. Watch this space, so the saying goes...
15 June 2018
Company aims to reach orbit with spinning rocket
... by spinning them very fast instead. The company, which has recently raised $40 million from organisations such as Google and Airbus, is planning on using an electric-powered kinetic energy launch system that starts by spinning a vehicle up to 5,000...
April 2019
Is a military space force justified?
The US has formally announced the creation of a Space Force as a new branch of the armed forces, including troops to fight in Earth orbit and beyond. The purpose of this new military branch includes developing both defensive capabilities to protect ...
