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The Rocket City Space Pioneers, made up of Huntsville team members Dynetics (team leader), Teledyne Brown Engineering, Andrews Space, Spaceflight Services, Draper Laboratory,  Moog, Pratt & Whitney Rocketdyne, the University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAHuntsville), the Von Braun Center for Science & Innovation (VCSI), and the Huntsville Center for Technology (HCT), are competing for the Google Lunar X PRIZE. This is a $30 million international competition to safely land a robot on the surface of the Moon, travel 500 meters over the lunar surface, and send images and data back to Earth.

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Announcements & Updates

Alabama Students to Name Moon-Bound Spacecraft for Out-of-this-World Prize
January 31, 2012

Rocket City Space Pioneers Contest Announced on Anniversary of Explorer 1 Launch Today, on the 54th anniversary of the launching of the Explorer 1 satellite, the Rocket City Space Pioneers (RCSP) invited Alabama public school fourth graders to participate in their mission to the Moon.  RCSP, the Alabama Tourism Department and the Alabama Department of Education unveiled the details of a contest that will allow fourth graders to name RCSP’s Moon-bound lander.  The winning class will get a free trip to Space Camp®, and the teacher will receive a $500 gift card for... Read More

Dynetics to Provide Technical Integration and Mating System for New Commercial Space Launch System
December 14, 2011

Program Will Establish Huntsville as Commercial Space Leader Stratolaunch Systems has selected Dynetics to provide overall technical integration and the mating and integration system hardware for a revolutionary air launch system.  The system is being designed as a responsive, affordable system to deliver cargo and humans to space. This program will establish Huntsville as a leader in the commercial space launch business, according to Dynetics officials. “This air launch system will be a game changer in the space launch industry,” said David King, ex... Read More

Rocket City Space Pioneers Release Free iPad Application
December 01, 2011

Newest Team Member, Analytical Mechanics Associates, Inc.,Developed Game for Fun and Education The Rocket City Space Pioneers (RCSP), the Huntsville-centric team competing in the $30 million Google Lunar X PRIZE competition, invite you to launch a rocket from Rocket City to the moon, land on the moon and explore the moon to meet your mission objectives. RCSP’s new iPad game is now available at the App Store. The game can be downloaded at http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/rocke... Read More

NASA Flies Robotic Lander Prototype to New Heights
November 29, 2011

NASA successfully completed the final flight in a series of tests of a new robotic lander prototype at the Redstone Test Center’s propulsion test facility on the U.S. Army Redstone Arsenal in Huntsville, Ala. Data from this test series will aid in the design and development of a new generation of small, smart, versatile robotic landers capable of performing science and exploration research on the surface of the moon or other airless bodies in the solar system, such as asteroids or the planet Mercury. Dynetics designed, developed, and integrated the high p... Read More

Rocket City Space Pioneers Offer Free Mission to Moon Game
October 20, 2011

New Team Member, Analytical Mechanics Associates, Launches Gamers to Moon Las Cruces, NM (Oct. 19, 2011) – Anyone who has an iPad can participate in a mission to the moon via a free interactive game produced by Analytical Mechanics Associates (AMA) for the Rocket City Space Pioneers (RCSP).  RCSP announced here today at the International Symposium for Personal and Commercial Spaceflight that AMA has joined their team. The company has developed an interactive game called “RCSP Moon Race... Read More

Tim Pickens to Speak at Alabama Launchpad Innovation and Entrepreneurship Conference
September 14, 2011

Alabama built the rockets that took man to the moon. Life-saving discoveries are being made in Alabama institutions. New patents are being filed across the state.  So how do we keep the economy vibrant and generate new opportunities?Tim Pickens, commercial space advisor and chief propulsion engineer for Dynetics and team leader of the Rocket City Space Pioneers, will be one of the speakers to address this topic at the Alabama Launchpad Innovation & Entrepreneurship Confer... Read More

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