NASA - National Aeronautics and Space Administration

The Wirefly X PRIZE Cup in New Mexico brought together the public and the scientific and technical communities to explore how today's dreams become the realities of tomorrow in the realm of space exploration.

Image left: This 1964 photograph shows the Lunar Landing Research Vehicle (LLRV) Number 1 in flight at the Edwards Air Force Base. When Apollo planning was underway in 1960, NASA was looking for a simulator to profile the descent to the moon's surface, and of the three prototypes, the LLRV became the most important. Image Credit: NASA.

Teams competed for a $2 million Centennial Challenges Lunar Lander prize purse. No teams met the criteria for winning the NASA purse -- the purse will now roll over to the 2008 competition.

Centennial Challenges seeks novel solutions to NASA's mission challenges from non-traditional sources in academia, industry and the public. The Challenge is designed to accelerate commercial technological developments of a new generation of lunar landers capable of ferrying astronauts and payloads between lunar orbit and the lunar surface.

For more information about the Wirefly X PRIZE CUP, visit:

http://space.xprize.org/x-prize-cup/

For more information about NASA's Centennial Challenges program, visit:

http://centennialchallenges.nasa.gov/