Moon Express Purchases Rocket Labs Launches For 3 Moon Missions Starting 2017

ME MX-1 Lunar Lander Planning To Fly To LEO On Rocket Labs Electron Rocket (Under Development) From New Zealand Launch Pad Or KSC Florida In 2017; MX-1 Powered By Hydrogen Peroxide Propulsion, Would Use Phase-Looping Trajectory To Get To Moon, Land On Surface, Hop 500 Meters To Fulfill GLXP Requirements; 2 Launches Planned For 2017, 1 For 2018, With Option Of 4th & 5th Launch Thereafter; Lander Is Being Scaled Down To 200kg (Including Fuel); Rocket Labs Launch List Price Is US$4.9M; Agreement May Extend GLXP Deadline To 31 Dec 2017

Credit: ME, NASA, Goddard/NSTA Web Seminars, Rocket Labs