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846:"There is no upcoming launch with RocketLab. We contracted with RocketLab back in 2015 for a GLXP attempt. We are currently focused on efforts supporting NASA under our Commercial Lunar Payload Services (CLPS) contract"
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as a fuel and hydrogen peroxide as an oxidiser. The landing thrusters use hydrogen peroxide as a monopropellant. PECO stands for 'propulsion that is eco-friendly'. The company has the "MX lander family":
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and space entrepreneurs. It had the goal of winning the $ 30 million
111:) is an American privately held company formed in 2010 by a group of
1467:"Moon Express Launch Contract to be Verified by Google Lunar XPRIZE"
387:. The selected landing location is the 5 km (3.1 mi)-high
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Ex-Prize: Google's $ 30 Million Moon Race Ends with No Winner
1291:"NASA Extends Agreements to Advance Commercial Lunar Landers"
1272:"Florida Company Gets Approval to Put Robotic Lander on Moon"
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Missions are ordered by launch date. Crewed missions are in
1225:"Moon Express takes over Cape Canaveral Delta 2 launch site"
920:"Naveen Jain: 'Think Of The Moon As Just Another Continent'"
1416:"Intelius' Naveen Jain Turns to Moon Mining, Philanthropy"
1210:"Private moon firm to sign deal for test flights at Cape"
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1719:. Press Release - Source: Moon Express. July 12, 2017.
948:"The New Space Biz: Companies Seek Cash In The Cosmos"
1641:. Google Lunar X-Prize. November 2010. Archived from
1144:"Moon Express Unveils 'MX-1' Commercial Lunar Lander"
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The company's robotic spacecraft are based on NASA's
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1555:"The Private Plan to Put a Telescope on the Moon"
447:reach the moon by the March 31, 2018, deadline."
311:On July 12, 2018, both historic launch towers at
27:American privately held space exploration company
1367:. Moon Express press release on 16 October 2018.
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300:On October 31, 2017, NASA extended the no-funds
1710:Moon Express Unveils Lunar Mission Architecture
1020:"MoonEx aims to scour Moon for rare materials"
981:. Chennai, India. June 2, 2011. Archived from
772:"MoonEx aims to scour Moon for rare materials"
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326:On November 29, 2018, Moon Express joined the
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4428:List of species that have landed on the Moon
1803:Calandrelli E, Escher A (16 December 2016).
1418:. IndiaWest.com. May 9, 2011. Archived from
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80:Robert D. Richards, Naveen Jain, Barney Pell
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214:for an undisclosed sum. The agreement made
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2693:List of proposed missions to the Moon
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1045:"Moon Express to fly lunar telescope"
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4124:International Lunar Research Station
2698:List of proposed space observatories
2061:Chinese Crewed Lunar Landing Mission
1841:"Shooting for the Moon — to mine it"
1497:"Moon Express raises $ 12.5 million"
877:
351:Moon Express signed a contract with
344:The company was a competitor in the
2838:Japanese Lunar Exploration Program
1860:Chow, Denise (November 14, 2011).
1073:"MoonEx Acquires RCSP of Dynetics"
279:Cape Canaveral Launch Complexes 17
25:
4826:Commercial Lunar Payload Services
2359:Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope
844:Moon Express (9 February 2020).
819:Moon Express (9 February 2020).
452:Commercial Lunar Payload Services
328:Commercial Lunar Payload Services
136:Commercial Lunar Payload Services
4443:Moon landing conspiracy theories
1839:Brown, Eryn (December 9, 2011).
1473:. 4 October 2015. Archived from
1289:Erin Mahoney (31 October 2017).
1193:Herridge, Linda (3 March 2015).
275:Cape Canaveral Launch Complex 36
4160:Lunar Polar Exploration Mission
1208:Dean, James (22 January 2015).
1097:Kohlenberg, Brad (2013-09-05).
377:International Lunar Observatory
355:on 30 September 2015 for three
290:Federal Aviation Administration
201:International Lunar Observatory
119:, and of ultimately mining the
1687:. Moon Express. Archived from
1609:. Space Tech Expo. March 2018.
1495:Foust, Jeff (1 October 2018).
1242:Pasztor, Andy (June 5, 2016).
362:The first mission, called the
308:initiative, for 2 more years.
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4806:Private spaceflight companies
1832:Moon Express official website
1732:Grush, Loren (12 July 2017).
1070:Lindsey, Clark (2012-12-20).
1018:Hennigan, W.J. (2011-04-08).
946:Knafo, Saki (July 22, 2011).
770:Hennigan, W.J. (2011-08-20).
681:Modular Common Spacecraft Bus
4458:List of crewed lunar landers
4418:List of missions to the Moon
4241:Lockheed Martin Lunar Lander
4200:Lunar Crater Radio Telescope
3972:Firefly Aerospace Blue Ghost
3287:SELENE (Kaguya, Okina, Ouna)
2943:Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter
1843:. L.A. Times. Archived from
1807:. TechCrunch. Archived from
1446:Moon Express – Press release
1223:Foust, Jeff (12 July 2016).
1142:Messier, Doug (2013-12-05).
433:. The third mission, called
401:experiment built by Italy's
4300:International Lunar Network
1685:"MX-1 Scout Class Explorer"
419:The second mission was the
383:that will operate from the
304:with Moon Express, for the
158:co-founded Moon Express, a
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4694:Rocket City Space Pioneers
4681:Penn State Lunar Lion Team
2537:ISS Deorbit Vehicle (2030)
1587:. Nick Azer. May 21, 2015.
1448:. SpaceRef. 1 October 2015
1127:Mohon, Lee (15 May 2015).
551:250 kg (550 lb)
507:Commercial lunar transport
425:, a robotic lander to the
208:Rocket City Space Pioneers
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3106:List of Apollo astronauts
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1639:"Moon Express Technology"
1553:Mann, Adam (2013-07-18).
1047:. Sen.com. Archived from
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237:robotic lander that uses
179:NASA Ames Research Center
160:Mountain View, California
123:for natural resources of
4403:Colonization of the Moon
2645:Uranus Orbiter and Probe
1380:. NASA. 29 November 2018
1103:Google Lunar XPRIZE Blog
559:30 kg (66 lb)
107:; vehicle model prefix:
4453:Apollo 11 anniversaries
4290:European Lunar Explorer
3513:Pragyan (Chandrayaan-2)
313:Space Launch Complex 17
4740:(Part-Time Scientists)
3639:Emirates Lunar Mission
1174:. NASA. April 30, 2014
288:On July 20, 2016, the
4816:Proposed space probes
4248:Lunar Orbital Station
3700:Peregrine Mission One
2504:Venus Orbiter Mission
1422:on September 28, 2011
441:sample-return mission
321:Canadian Space Agency
4811:Google Lunar X Prize
4676:Part-Time Scientists
4515:Google Lunar X Prize
4413:List of lunar probes
4408:Google Lunar X Prize
4357:Project Harvest Moon
3470:Lunar Roving Vehicle
2950:(relay satellite at
346:Google Lunar X Prize
268:Kennedy Space Center
194:Robotics Competition
117:Google Lunar X Prize
4628:Barcelona Moon Team
4438:Apollo 17 Moon mice
4367:Resource Prospector
4295:First Lunar Outpost
4278:Baden-Württemberg 1
4234:Boeing Lunar Lander
3359:Apollo Lunar Module
3173:(propulsion module)
3138:Apollo Lunar Module
2740:Spacecraft missions
1910:Future spaceflights
1847:on January 27, 2013
1405:. 29 November 2018.
1250:Wall Street Journal
732:Geology of the Moon
585:Payload to {{{to}}}
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379:(ILO-1) is a small
340:Google Lunar XPRIZE
302:Space Act Agreement
32:
4551:X Prize Foundation
4106:Cislunar Explorers
1988:Boeing Starliner-1
1715:2018-03-16 at the
1691:on 27 October 2019
1625:. 23 January 2018.
1605:2018-12-20 at the
1583:2018-06-27 at the
1363:2018-12-16 at the
1325:spaceflightnow.com
1276:The New York Times
1043:Sutherland, Paul.
918:Caulfield, Brian.
626:Related spacecraft
422:Lunar Outpost MX-3
407:general relativity
295:Outer Space Treaty
148:Robert D. Richards
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4327:Lunar Mission One
4284:#dearMoon project
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2514:Comet Interceptor
2478:Rosalind Franklin
2197:Lunar Trailblazer
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1401:. Emilee Speck,
1024:Los Angeles Times
776:Los Angeles Times
677:
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668:hydrogen peroxide
488:Country of origin
454:program instead.
389:Malapert mountain
381:optical telescope
242:hydrogen peroxide
138:(CLPS) contract.
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472:Manufacturer
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64:Headquarters
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31:Moon Express
4786:(AngelicvM)
4754:(TeamIndus)
4752:HHK-1 / ECA
4723:Team SELENE
4720:Team Plan B
4714:Team Italia
4672:Omega Envoy
4657:Micro-Space
4544:Sergey Brin
4352:OrbitBeyond
4262:Cancelled /
4130:Argonaut M1
4088:Beresheet 2
4076:Hakuto-R M2
3944:Artemis VII
3912:Artemis III
3750:Longjiang-1
3644:Hakuto-R M1
3207:Longjiang-2
3182:Explorer 35
2826:Chandrayaan
2752:Exploration
2679:Soyuz MS-26
2641:(mid 2020s)
2579:(2031–2032)
2534:(2029–2031)
2423:Superbird-9
2410:(September)
2361:(2026–2027)
2271:Space Rider
2218:Gaganyaan-3
2213:Gaganyaan-2
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2134:Hakuto-R M2
2119:Gaganyaan-1
2098:(September)
2096:Bion-M No.2
2044:Gaganyaan-5
2032:Soyuz MS-29
2016:Gaganyaan-4
2011:Shenzhou 21
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1996:(September)
1994:Soyuz MS-28
1977:Shenzhou 20
1971:Soyuz MS-27
1948:(late 2024)
1940:Shenzhou 19
1936:(September)
1769:January 21,
1764:Twitter.com
1305:November 2,
856:26 February
831:26 February
742:Lunar water
631:Derivatives
548:Launch mass
397:is a laser
365:Lunar Scout
330:program of
251:to support
220:Paul Spudis
216:Tim Pickens
156:Barney Pell
152:Naveen Jain
90:moonexpress
18:MoonEx MX-9
4800:Categories
4731:Spacecraft
4702:Selenokhod
4623:Astrobotic
4539:Larry Page
4522:Organizers
4362:Prospector
4337:Lunokhod 3
4210:Moon Diver
4205:McCandless
4118:MoonRanger
3936:Artemis VI
3920:Artemis IV
3897:Artemis II
3795:Mariner 10
3684:Surveyor 2
3679:OMOTENASHI
3498:Lunokhod 1
3416:Surveyor 1
3177:Clementine
2667:Türksat 6A
2291:SSC Demo-1
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2166:(November)
2102:Blue Ghost
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1942:(November)
1851:January 2,
1815:2016-12-16
1564:2013-07-21
1539:2017-08-09
1481:2015-10-05
1452:2015-10-05
1330:2018-07-12
1153:2013-12-07
1113:2013-09-16
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