xprize

It’s that time. Time for this years X Prize Cup.

Upcoming X Prize Cup Events

  • October 26 – Education & Media Day
    Holloman Air Force Base (not open to the public)
  • October 27 & 28 – Wirefly X PRIZE Cup and Holloman Air and Space Expo
    Holloman Air Force Base, Alamogordo, NM

    1. 10 am to 5pm – Gates open at 8am
    2. Free and Open to the Public
    3. 7 hours each day of live lunar lander vehicle competitions, launches, and air show performances
    4. Ground and static displays of rockets, NASA, robotic displays, military and warbird aircraft displays

You can follow the coverage at Space.com’s X Prize Coverage site or at the X Prize Cup Official Site

It looks like only Armadillo Aerospace will be competing in the Lunar Lander challenge again this year. That’s a disappointment after 9 teams originally were set to compete.