Google's involvement in the space industry primarily revolves around its Google Public Sector division, which collaborates with organizations like The Aerospace Corporation and NASA, providing cutting-edge AI and machine learning tools, cloud computing services (like Vertex AI), and high-performance computing to advance space-related projects, including space weather forecasting and air quality monitoring. Google's technologies are also used in research projects related to aeronautics. Key partners include NASA, The Aerospace Corporation, and the U.S. Space Force.
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The Google Lunar X Prize offered a $20,000,000 grand prize to the first commercial team to send a vehicle to the moon capable of traveling 500 m and sending back pictures and video.
Astrobotic Technology spun out of Carnegie Mellon University in 2007 to compete for the Google Lunar X Prize.
Google acquired Skybox Imaging in 2014 for an estimated $500,000,000 and renamed it Terra Bella.
PTScientists traces its heritage to a team that competed for the Google Lunar X Prize, which offered a $20,000,000 grand prize.
SpaceIL was one of five finalists for the Google Lunar X Prize when the $20,000,000 grand prize expired in early 2018.
PTScientists continued development of a lunar lander after competing in the Google Lunar X Prize and initially hoped to launch in late 2019 or 2020.
The Google Lunar X Prize offered a $20,000,000 grand prize that expired in early 2018.
TeamIndus competed for the $20,000,000 Google Lunar X Prize to develop a private lunar lander that would travel at least 500 m across the lunar surface and return images and video.
The Google Lunar X Prize had an original deadline of the end of 2012 and the grand prize expired in March 2018 when Google declined to provide another extension.
SpaceIL initially formed as a Google Lunar X Prize team seeking the $20,000,000 grand prize for the first privately developed spacecraft to land on the moon, travel at least 500 m, and return images and video.
The Google Lunar X Prize offered a $20,000,000 grand prize to the first privately developed spacecraft to land on the moon, travel at least 500 m across its surface, and return images and video.
The X Prize Foundation launched the Google Lunar X Prize in 2007 with original plans for the grand prize to decrease to $15,000,000 if no team won by the end of 2012 and to expire at the end of 2014.
Khosla Ventures invested in Skybox Imaging, a satellite startup that Google bought for $500,000,000 in 2014.
The Google Lunar X Prize offered a $20,000,000 first prize to the first privately funded team to land a spacecraft on the moon, travel at least 500 m across its surface, and return video and other data.
SpaceIL originally developed the Beresheet lander as a one-off project to compete for the Google Lunar X Prize and funded most of the $100,000,000 cost from philanthropic sources.
SpaceIL originally built the Beresheet lander for the Google Lunar X Prize and continued the project after the contest ended in March 2018 without a winner.
PTScientists began as a team in the Google Lunar X Prize competition and continued developing a lunar lander after the competition ended in early 2018.
Joe Rothenberg worked as director of engineering and operations for Terra Bella, the name given to Skybox Imaging after its acquisition by Google in 2014.
The Google Lunar X Prize offered a $20,000,000 grand prize to the first private team to land a spacecraft on the moon, move at least 500 m across the surface, and collect images and other data.
Planet acquired Terra Bella and its SkySat constellation from Google in 2017.