This is a guest post by Will Pomerantz, Senior Director of Space Prizes at the X Prize Foundation. We had a very tough time selecting from the entries, but we were eventually able to whittle our way ...

From NIWeek: The XPRIZE Foundation, Google, LEGO Systems, National Instruments and Wired'sGeekDad announced today a new global competition, called MoonBots,that challenges student teams to design ...

With about a week and a half remaining in the first MoonBots Challenge, let's take a look at another of the contest's finalists: a group of guys who call John Glenn's home state of Ohio home. The ...

Major technology companies join forces to inspire the next generation of innovators, thinkers and engineers AUSTIN, TX – NIWeek (August 5, 2009) -The X PRIZE Foundation, Google Inc., LEGO Systems, ...

Google’s Lunar XPRIZE is an international competition to land a privately-owned robot on the Moon with $30 million in prize money. MOONBOTS is the kid version of the STEM-based challenge, and this ...

Playa Vista, CA (May 13, 2011)- The X PRIZE Foundation and the LEGO Group today announced MoonBots 2.0: A Google Lunar X PRIZE LEGO(R) MINDSTORMS(R) Challenge. This second annual contest will ...

(Nanowerk News) The student competition, which began in May, attracted 147 teams from 22 countries who each submitted an entertaining, scientific video about space exploration and their proposed ...

A program called MoonBots will allow children to simulate the conditions of Google’s $30 million Lunar X Prize—get rover to the moon, snap HD pics, kick ass—but turns up the quirkiness (and the cool ...

A prototype moonbot made from Lego blocks roams over a simulated moonscape. Hey, kids! Do you want to build and drive your own scaled-down moon rover prototype? Take a virtual walk on the moon? Launch ...

The X PRIZE Foundation and the LEGO Group today announced MoonBots 2.0: A Google Lunar X PRIZE LEGO(R) MINDSTORMS(R) Challenge. This second annual contest will challenge teams of youth to design, ...