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July 30, 2025

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[ July 29, 2025 ] SpaceX launches 28 Starlink satellites on a Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral Falcon 9
[ July 28, 2025 ] SpaceX, NASA conduct static fire test of a Falcon 9 rocket ahead of the Crew-11 launch Falcon 9
[ July 26, 2025 ] SpaceX launches 24 Starlink satellites into a polar orbit Falcon 9
[ July 26, 2025 ] Crew-11 astronauts, cosmonaut arrive in Florida ahead of launch to the space station Falcon 9
[ July 25, 2025 ] SpaceX launches 28 Starlink satellites on Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral Falcon 9

Organizers confirm no teams will win Google Lunar X Prize

January 24, 2018 Stephen Clark

None of the teams who have spent the last decade chasing a $20 million grand prize by placing a privately-funded lander on the moon will meet a deadline at the end of March to claim the award, the organizers of the Google Lunar X Prize announced Tuesday.

Commercial lunar mission signs up with Atlas 5 for launch

July 26, 2017 Justin Ray

In a commercial push to return to the Moon while celebrating the 50th anniversary of Apollo 11, Astrobotic Technology Inc. has contracted with United Launch Alliance to use an Atlas 5 rocket to send the Peregrine lander to the lunar surface in 2019.