Lunar XPRIZE

This is the official Lunar XPRIZE Twitter account. Welcome to the New Space Race.

[Lunar XPRIZE @glxp]

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

[Lunar XPRIZE @glxp]

A new U.S. office for former Google Lunar XPRIZE competitor @ispace_inc (@HAKUTO_Reboot) is opening in Colorado!:

[ispace @ispace_inc]

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. 🇺🇸

[Lunar XPRIZE @glxp]

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):

[Astrobotic @astrobotic]

Pittsburgh, we have Mission Control. 🌙🚀 We just opened our new lunar logistics headquarters in #pittsburgh - read all about it: https://t.co/EqR5siMHPb

[Lunar XPRIZE @glxp]

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:

[Masten Space Systems @mastenspace]

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! https://t.co/egfy6vsMnD

[Lunar XPRIZE @glxp]

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!:

[TechCrunch @TechCrunch]

Moon lander startup ispace raises $28 million and launches a new lunar data platform https://t.co/e9lgMMdbtv by @etherington

[Lunar XPRIZE @glxp]

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:
https://t.co/wHAez0l3AD @ispace_inc

[Lunar XPRIZE @glxp]

Former Google Lunar XPRIZE team @PuliSpace has won 1st place in NASA's "Honey, I Shrunk the NASA Payload" @iamherox challenge!

[Puli Space @PuliSpace]

We are extremely happy & proud to win the "Honey I shrunk the NASA payload challenge", Lunar Resource Potential https://t.co/jvPvPke573

[XPRIZE @xprize]

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 https://t.co/Zq3PryMVST for more.

#futureofwork

[Lunar XPRIZE @glxp]

#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: https://t.co/gvbhF5yWyI @CNBC @thesheetztweetz

[Lunar XPRIZE @glxp]

Congratulations to #NASA and #SpaceX on a beautiful launch! A new era for human spaceflight, and an incredible milestone for commercial space. #LaunchAmerica

[NASA @NASA]

Crew Dragon has successfully separated. Next stop? The International @Space_Station. #LaunchAmerica

[Lunar XPRIZE @glxp]

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: https://t.co/VniiEG17Xw

[Lunar XPRIZE @glxp]

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

[NASA @NASA]

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: https://t.co/U1COQzFy4v https://t.co/U1COQzFy4v

[NASA @NASA]

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: https://t.co/U1COQzFy4v https://t.co/U1COQzFy4v

[Lunar XPRIZE @glxp]

Some key thruster tests have been completed for former Lunar XPRIZE team @astrobotic's upcoming missions for #NASA - see the link below!

[Astrobotic @astrobotic]

Moon Thrusters Withstand Over 60 Hot-Fire Tests https://t.co/UgIXrt7Er1

[Israel To The Moon @TeamSpaceIL]

One year ago #Beresheet took this iconic #spaceselfie with our beautiful Earth🌍

[Lunar XPRIZE @glxp]

#NASA has selected the first 11 payloads that will fly on the Moon landing mission of former Lunar XPRIZE team @astrobotic next year!: https://t.co/GAGtANBe2A

[Lunar XPRIZE @glxp]

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:

[HAKUTO-R @HAKUTO_Reboot_e]

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.

[Lunar XPRIZE @glxp]

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 @astrobotic]

Astrobotic proudly announces that it will open a new state-of-the-art headquarters for lunar logistics in May 2020! https://t.co/ZbS1H3K6kJ

[HAKUTO-R @HAKUTO_Reboot_e]

https://t.co/7oqQUGiVQj

[Lunar XPRIZE @glxp]

@smithsonian @airandspace @ispace_inc @HAKUTO_Reboot (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!: https://t.co/DbGLz90hmJ)

[Lunar XPRIZE @glxp]

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: https://t.co/4pqNvgAfS0