The Grand Prize winner, Team LegoAces (Granville, OH), earned a VIP trip to LEGOLAND Florida® in October. Team Just Ducky (Woodbury, MN) was awarded second place and third place went to Team Lunar Lords (Bellevue, WA). All three teams will receive free team registration for the 2012 FIRST® robotics season.
August 31, 2011
The X PRIZE Foundation and LEGO Group Announce Global Student Team Winners of MoonBots 2.0 Challenge
July 11, 2011
Hall brings a wealth of experience in both the private and public sectors in USA and Europe to the X PRIZE Foundation. As the co-founder and former CEO of Airship Ventures, a company that uses airships for passenger flights, science research and media purposes, Hall is credited with breaking new ground in aviation by bringing Zeppelin airships back to the U.S. after 70 years.
May 13, 2011
“In the MoonBots 2.0 Challenge, students get to produce videos, gain computer programming skills, and learn the latest in technological advances at it relates to space exploration. It is important to inspire this generation with the Google Lunar X PRIZE and help kids understand that Moon exploration is still relevant and exciting,” said Chanda Gonzales, Google Lunar X PRIZE Education Manager.
May 11, 2011
MoonBots 2.0: A Google Lunar X PRIZE LEGO® MINDSTORMS® Challenge has returned! In this competition, students will have the opportunity to build and program LEGO® MINDSTORMS® robots, in addition to learning about exploring the Moon and what it takes to win the Google Lunar X PRIZE. Registration is open now through June 26 -- sign up your team at http://www.moonbots.orgtoday! Also, be sure to check out the 2011 MoonBots video, featuring some of the winners from last year:
April 25, 2011
The Google Lunar X PRIZE competition seeks not only to kick-start a new industry, but also to inspire the next generation of innovators, scientists, engineers, and explorers.
In anticipation of exciting educational announcements coming this week related to the Google Lunar X PRIZE, we are happy to present a new video to recap some past GLXP educational activities:
February 17, 2011
Here is the official roster of participants1) Odyssey Moon, Isle of Man2) Astrobotic, USA3) Team Italia, Italy4) Next Giant Leap, USA5) Team FREDNET, USA6) ARCA, Romania7) Moon Express, USA8) STELLAR, USA9) JURBAN, USA10) Independence-X, Malaysia11) Omega Envoy, USA12) Synergy Moon, USA13) EuroLuna, Denmark14) SELE
February 17, 2011
PLAYA VISTA, CA (February 17, 2011) – Today, the X PRIZE Foundation announced the official roster of 29 registered teams competing for the $30 million Google Lunar X PRIZE, an unprecedented competition to send a robot to the Moon that travels at least 500 meters and transmit video, images, and data back to the Earth. This group of teams signifies this new era of exploration’s diverse and participatory nature as it includes a huge variety of groups ranging from non-profits to university consortia to billion dollar businesses representing 17 nations on four continents.
February 06, 2011
Astrobotic Technology, one of dozens of companies competing for the $30 million Google Lunar X PRIZE, announced today that they have signed a contract with Space Exploration Technologies, commonly known as SpaceX, for a launch on board a Falcon 9 rocket. The launch, targeted to take place in late 2013, will propel Astrobotic's robotic lander and rover towards the surface of the Moon, where the team hopes it will explore the lunar surface and send back HD, 3D footage.
January 24, 2011
This week we bring you team videos from a European team, Euroluna, and a U.S.-based "Hopper" team, Next Giant Leap. Team Eurolunahas members in Denmark, Switzerland, and Italy, and plans to start testing some hardware in space this year (their CubeSat is currently scheduled for launch in May 2011). The team emphasizes not only the importance of creating commercial solutions to space exploration, but also having a bit of fun while we're at it.
January 14, 2011
Featured this week on the Google Lunar X PRIZE YouTube channel is the Russian team, Selenokhod, and the European/Japanese team, White Label Space. These videos are great examples of how the competition brings together brilliant minds and innovative ideas from around the globe, all working on the difficult task of getting robots to the Moon. The first video features Pavel Sharov and Sergey Sedykh of Team Selenokhod:
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