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This is just in time for all those teams considering building a robot lunar rover to win $20 million in the Google Lunar X Prize. NASA said Tuesday that it has added new lunar imagery to Google's Moon ...
After 10 years and numerous delays and extensions, the Google Lunar XPrize is will end without a winner. No one will claim the $20 million grand prize that was expected to go to the first ...
It has been many decades since we explored the Moon from the lunar surface, and it could be another 6 – 8 years before any government returns. Even then, it will be at a large expense, and probably ...
On the 40th anniversary of the Apollo lunar walk, Google launches the Moon in Google Earth, providing 3D images and information to would-be space tourists. Martin LaMonica is a senior writer covering ...
Celebrating the 40th anniversary of Neil Armstrong’s first step on the moon, Google today released a new version of its Google Earth exploratory software that includes a map of the Moon with enough ...
This is pretty neat: an Apollo enthusiast who goes by the handle GoneToPlaid has created a video comparing the Apollo 11 footage of its descent to the Moon with ...
If you click on Friday's Google Doodle, celebrating the lunar cycle, you'll go into a click-to-play card battler that turns the moon's eight phases into your own personal combo deck. In the game, ...
Astro Teller, the head of Alphabet's X division, has called on the class of 2020 to build more moon-shot factories to nurture ambitious ideas. "For as long as I can remember, I've wanted to create an ...
To celebrate the 50th anniversary of the moon landing, Google got some help from someone who was there: Apollo 11 astronaut Michael Collins. Collins did not leave any boot prints on the moon, but he ...
Via the Google blog comes the news of a new app: Google Moon! It's very cool, and you can even select the Apollo landing sites. When you zoom in, it shows you the locations of various moonwalks, ...