First Group of Official Contenders in the Google Lunar X PRIZE Announced

(The competitors in the Google Lunar X PRIZE at the team announcement at Google Headquarters)

On February 21, 2008, the X PRIZE Foundation and Google, Inc. announced the first ten teams to register for the Google Lunar X PRIZE, a robotic race to the Moon to win a remarkable $30 million in prizes. This international group of teams will compete to land a privately funded robotic craft on the Moon that is capable of roaming the lunar surface for at least 500 meters and sending video, images and data back to the Earth. read more

See the reactions of Dr. Peter H. Diamandis, X PRIZE Foundation Chairman and CEO, and William Pomerantz, Director of Space Projects, to the Google Lunar X PRIZE Team Announcement on our YouTube Channel.