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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

The Rocket City Space Pioneers’ Lander to be Named “Spirit of Alabama
March 08, 2012

"Spirit of Alabama” will be the name of the Alabama-based Rocket City Space Pioneers’ (RCSP’s) lunar lander competing in the $30 million Google Lunar X PRIZE thanks to some help from Karen McDonald’s fourth-grade class at Valley Intermediate School. The students won the team’s “Name the Lander” contest, earning them a trip to Space Camp™ in Huntsville and their teacher a $500 gift card for classroom supplies. The surprise announcement was made to the class today. The Google Lunar X PRIZE, the largest incentivized competition offered to date, challenges s... 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

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

The Rocket City Space Pioneers Successfully Complete Critical NASA Contract Milestone
September 02, 2011

Dynetics Delivers Data to Agency on Newly Developed Rocket Enginefor Robotic Lunar Landers The Dynetics-led Rocket City Space Pioneers (RCSP) Google Lunar X PRIZE team has successfully completed a critical NASA contract milestone by delivering rocket engine hot-fire test data on Dynetics’ newly developed “green” rocket engine. NASA, through its Innovative Lunar Demonstrations Data (ILDD) contract, selected Dynetics in October to supply flight component data to enable the development of future human and robotic lander vehicles and exploration systems. ... Read More

Tim Pickens Receives AIAA Professional of the Year Award
June 06, 2011

Tim Pickens, team leader of the Rocket City Space Pioneers, received the Greater Huntsville Section 2010-2011 Earl Pearce Professional of the Year Award at the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) 59th Annual Installation and Awards Dinner on June 2. Pickens is also chief propulsion engineer and commercial space advisor at Dynetics, the company that is leading the Rocket City Space Pioneers in the competition for the Google Lunar X PRIZE. Dynetics brought Pickens on board in December 2009 as part of the purchase of the space company, Orion Prop... Read More

RCSP Team Leader Tim Pickens and Dynetics Engineer Steve Mustaikis Receive Awards at ISDC
June 06, 2011

Tim Pickens, team leader of the Rocket City Space Pioneers, and Steve Mustaikis, also of Dynetics, were honored recently for their contributions to the Space Industry with awards at the International Space Development Conference (ISDC) 2011’s National Space Symposium (NSS) and the Huntsville Alabama L5 Society (HAL5) Awards Dinner. ISDC, the annual space conference hosted by NSS, was held in Huntsville May 18-22. Mustaikis, a propulsion engineer at Dynetics, received the HAL5 Flame Award. According to Yohon Lo, president of HAL5, the local chapter of NSS, the HAL... Read More

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