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They may not have had a successful landing this time, but @TeamSpaceIL has still made history. They will be the recipients of our first ever $1M Moonshot Award, in honor of their achievements and their milestone as the first privately-funded entity to orbit the Moon. 🌒 #moonshot
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A new U.S. office for former Google Lunar XPRIZE competitor @ispace_inc (@HAKUTO_Reboot) is opening in Colorado!:
ispace is opening an office in Colorado! We plan to create a full engineering team in the Denver area, led by Kursten O'Neill, who recently joined our team from SpaceX. The US office will focus on designing our next lunar lander design, a larger model to be used for Mission 3. 🇺🇸
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Former Google Lunar XPRIZE team @astrobotic has opened their new lunar headquarters in Pittsburgh! Read more below about Astrobotic's recent growth, their upcoming missions, and the 47,000-square-foot facility (which will include a rover pit, a drone flying arena, and more):
Pittsburgh, we have Mission Control. 🌙🚀 We just opened our new lunar logistics headquarters in #pittsburgh - read all about it: bit.ly/AstroboticGrandOpenin…
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Winners of the @xprize 2009 Northrup Grumman Lunar Lander XCHALLENGE @mastenspace have announced a launch partnership with @SpaceX! They'll be heading to the Moon in December 2022:
WE'VE GOT A RIDE! We're thrilled to announce our partnership with @SpaceX to take Masten Mission One (MM1) to the Moon in December 2022. Thanks to @elonmusk, @gwynneshotwell, and the entire SpaceX team! masten.aero/blog/spacex
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Former Google Lunar XPRIZE competitor @HAKUTO_Reboot (@ispace_inc) has raised an additional $28 million in a Series B round of funding, and also announced a new data platform!:
Moon lander startup ispace raises $28 million and launches a new lunar data platform tcrn.ch/3j2oFAL by @etherington
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The final lander design for @HAKUTO_Reboot has been revealed! The former Google Lunar XPRIZE team has several moon missions planned for 2022 and 2023:
piped.video/watch?v=rzriat-E… @ispace_inc
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Former Google Lunar XPRIZE team @PuliSpace has won 1st place in NASA's "Honey, I Shrunk the NASA Payload" @iamherox challenge!
We are extremely happy & proud to win the "Honey I shrunk the NASA payload challenge", Lunar Resource Potential herox.com/NASApayload/131-me…
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On the 100th day of the global COVID-19 pandemic, we are launching one of our most important competitions. Sponsored by @newprofit, XPRIZE Rapid Reskilling aims to reinvent job training methods for underserved communities. Visit bit.ly/2V61CM1 for more.
#futureofwork
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#NASA has awarded an almost $200 million contract to former Lunar XPRIZE team @Astrobotic! They will be sending a water-hunting rover to the lunar south pole in 2023: cnbc.com/2020/06/11/nasa-pic… @CNBC @thesheetztweetz
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Congratulations to #NASA and #SpaceX on a beautiful launch! A new era for human spaceflight, and an incredible milestone for commercial space. #LaunchAmerica
Crew Dragon has successfully separated. Next stop? The International @Space_Station. #LaunchAmerica
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Commercial space missions to the Moon are on the rise. Where are the Lunar XPRIZE teams now? What kind of impact have they had with #NASA, and around the world? Read our new blog post and learn about the kinds of investment going towards the Moon today: xprize.org/articles/a-new-er…
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Today's launch of @NASA astronauts on a @SpaceX rocket is a historic milestone for commercial space (and the future of human space travel). Watch live!: #LaunchAmerica
LIVE NOW: History is about to be made. Watch as @NASA_Astronauts #LaunchAmerica to the @Space_Station from American soil for the first time in nine years: nitter.net/i/broadcasts/1lDxLglol… nitter.net/i/broadcasts/1lDxLglol…
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LIVE NOW: History is about to be made. Watch as @NASA_Astronauts #LaunchAmerica to the @Space_Station from American soil for the first time in nine years: nitter.net/i/broadcasts/1lDxLglol… nitter.net/i/broadcasts/1lDxLglol…
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Some key thruster tests have been completed for former Lunar XPRIZE team @astrobotic's upcoming missions for #NASA - see the link below!
Moon Thrusters Withstand Over 60 Hot-Fire Tests go.nasa.gov/2Jbw2Gv
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One year ago #Beresheet took this iconic #spaceselfie with our beautiful Earth🌍
At a distance of 37,600 km from Earth, #Beresheet’s selfie camera took a picture of #Earth. Australia can be clearly seen! This photo was taken during a slow spin of the #spacecraft & for the first time see the #Israeli flag 🇮🇱 & text, "am yisrael chai." #IsraelToTheMoon #SpaceIL
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#NASA has selected the first 11 payloads that will fly on the Moon landing mission of former Lunar XPRIZE team @astrobotic next year!: nasa.gov/feature/first-comme…
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The Moon lander of former Lunar XPRIZE team @HAKUTO_Reboot has been undergoing key tests in preparation for its 2021 mission! Check out some of its progress in these photos from the team:
At the end 2019, our engineers were out at our facility at Japan Airlines, assembling the Structural Design Model of our #lunar #lander. After the parts were brought together, it was hoisted atop a rocket interface ring.
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Former Lunar XPRIZE team @Astrobotic has announced that they will be opening a major new space facility in their hometown of Pittsburgh. The company has been growing rapidly, having been selected by NASA in May for a $79.5 million contract to deliver payloads to the Moon in 2021:
Astrobotic proudly announces that it will open a new state-of-the-art headquarters for lunar logistics in May 2020! astrobotic.com/2019/12/12/as…
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The moon rover #SORATO has been received by the @smithsonian @airandspace Museum! The robot from @ispace_inc's @HAKUTO_Reboot helped them collect a GLXP Milestone Award for Mobility, on the way to the team's current efforts to land on the Moon in 2021: airandspace.si.edu/newsroom/…
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(And, in honor of this achievement, a fun fact about SORATO: this pioneering Moon rover had its own theme song created by popular Japanese band @sakanaction!: piped.video/watch?v=nmNYRg4e…)
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