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Penn State's moon mission team launches $400K crowdfunding campaign
In a bid to bring home the $20 million prize money in the Google Lunar X Prize competition, Penn State launched a crowdfunding campaign on Rockethub to raise $400,000 by February to build its own moon rover prototype.
GAO upholds challenge from losing bidder, says SAIC Inc spinoff invalidates NASA contract
The Government Accountability Office said the spinoff of SAIC Inc invalidated the health services contract awarded to it by the National Aeronautics Space Administration, Bloomberg reported.
California, US-based firm Planet Labs has closed a fresh $52 million from a recent funding round to launch small satellites into space
California, US-based firm Planet Labs has closed a fresh $52 million from a recent funding round to launch small satellites into space and gather data about the Earth.
NASA selects SpaceX to takeover idled shuttle launch pad
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) will turn over one of its idled space-shuttle launch pad to Space Exploration Technologies (SpaceX), according to officials on Friday.