Team Hakuto (Japan) And Team Astrobotic (U.S.) Plan Cooperative Launch In Pursuit Of $30 Million Prize
Hakuto, the only Japanese team competing for the $30 million Google Lunar XPRIZE, has announced a contract with fellow competitor, Astrobotic, based in Pittsburgh, PA to carry a pair of rovers to the moon. Astrobotic plans to launch its Google Lunar XPRIZE mission on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral, FL during the second half of 2016.
Division Is Responsible For Hardware Development, Testing, Flight
NASA Administrator Charles Bolden has named Steve Jurczyk as the agency's Associate Administrator for the Space Technology Mission Directorate, effective Monday, March 2. The directorate is responsible for innovating, developing, testing and flying hardware for use on future NASA missions.
Statement Crafted At Space Summit Held In Washington, D.C. Last Week
At an event called a "Pioneering Space Summit" held in Washington, D.C. last week, a diverse group of over 100 space leaders from academia, government and industry came together, and setting aside previous debates and focusing on shared interests, they crafted a statement they hope will help shape the future of the United States' space program.
World View, United Parachute Technologies Successfully Fly Parafoil At 102,200 Feet
Commercial Balloon spaceflight company World View says it is one step closer to launching manned voyages after successfully flying the first parafoil from the edge of space at a record-breaking height of 102,200 feet Friday morning.
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