NASA picks nine commercial teams for moon deliveries – including dark horses NASA says it’s partnering on lunar delivery services with nine commercial teams, headed by companies that run the gamut from… Read More
Moon Express brings in $12.5M in backing for its lunar lander and Florida facilities Moon Express, which aims to start missions to the moon within the next couple of years, says it has raised… Read More
Moon ambitions get a reality check — plus a boost from Apollo moonshot memories Update for 10:54 a.m. PT Jan. 23: The managers of the Google Lunar X Prize competition acknowledge that the prize… Read More
Rocket Lab sends Electron rocket into orbit, marking milestone for moon mission Rocket Lab’s two-stage Electron rocket successfully reached Earth orbit and deployed satellites for the first time today, raising hopes for… Read More
Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin makes its pitch to Congress for delivering cargo to the moon Blue Origin, the space venture founded by Amazon billionaire Jeff Bezos, joined other companies today in laying out plans for… Read More
Moon Express unveils its roadmap for giant leaps to the lunar surface … and back again Moon Express has laid out the plan it intends to follow to send probes to the surface of the moon… Read More
Bezos and Musk, underachievers? New space race includes a little trash talking NEW ORLEANS – The evolution of the space race became very clear this week at the Collision media and technology… Read More
Google Lunar X Prize clears five teams for moon race and pays out $1 million The organizers of the Google Lunar X Prize competition confirmed that five teams have been cleared to go after the… Read More
Moon Express reportedly has the money for moonshot – but launch is up in the air An executive at Moon Express has been widely quoted as saying his company has reached its funding goal for this year’s… Read More
NASA puts out call for lunar experiments, and Moon Express says it’ll help pay NASA wants suggestions for experiments that can be sent to the moon on commercial spacecraft – and Moon Express, one of the… Read More
Moon Express wins a green light from U.S. government for its lunar mission BELLEVUE, Wash. – Moon Express says it has received preliminary clearance for the robotic lander that it plans to send… Read More
White House works out a process to clear commercial missions to moon and Mars After months of discussion, federal agencies are closing in on a process to approve commercial missions to other celestial bodies… Read More
Moon Express asks FAA to review its plans for Google Lunar X Prize landing in 2017 Moon Express, the lunar exploration venture backed by Seattle tech entrepreneur Naveen Jain, says it’s asking the Federal Aviation Administration… Read More
J.J. Abrams’ ‘Moon Shot’ online documentary series focuses on Google Lunar X Prize Film director/producer J.J. Abrams has been in on two of the biggest space-movie franchises ever, “Star Trek” and “Star Wars”… Read More
Moon Express wins thumbs-up from XPRIZE for multimillion-dollar lunar launch Moon Express, the lunar exploration venture co-founded by Seattle entrepreneur Naveen Jain, has gotten the “all systems go” signal for… Read More
InfoSpace founder Naveen Jain launches BlueDot, his next moonshot venture aiming for society’s big issues Dot-com era tech executive Naveen Jain is getting ready to launch his next startup, an innovation factory that hopes to… Read More
Moon Express and Rocket Lab make deal for lunar landings in 2017 Moon Express says it has reserved three lunar lander launches from a startup called Rocket Lab starting in 2017, with… Read More
