10 Teams Registered For $30 Million Google Lunar X Prize
The X Prize Foundation and Google, Inc. announced Thursday the
first 10 teams to register for the Google Lunar X Prize, a robotic
race to the Moon to win $30 million in Prizes. This international
group of teams will compete to land a privately funded robotic
craft on the Moon that is capable of roaming the lunar surface for
at least 500 meters and sending video, images and data back to the
Earth.
Russia is hoping to return to its traditional role as a world
leader in aviation technology. One big step will be developing a
new high-tech aircraft design center at Zhukovsky, near Moscow.
A fireball in the pre-dawn sky over the Pacific Northwest US
Tuesday morning had residents of the region buzzing about where the
meteorite might have landed.
With the shuttle Atlantis back home safe, and Endeavour ready at
the launch pad for launch early month, on Wednesday NASA announced
it is now targeting May 25 at 1926 EDT for the launch of the space
shuttle Discovery's STS-124 mission from the Kennedy Space Center
in Florida -- over one month later than originally planned.
The RANS S-19 achieved SLSA certification, just a few months ago and is already getting solid attention from the sport aviation buying public. The aircraft is destined to enter series production as the S-19LS. Certification was granted December 21, and delivery of the first S-19LS planes should begin by the end of 2008.
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