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Published 11/04/2009 by China Post

Calif. team wins US$1 million lunar lander prize

LOS ANGELES -- A team of California rocketeers has won a US$1 million prize in a simulated lunar landing contest backed by NASA.

The X Prize Foundation said Monday that Mojave, California-based Masten Space Systems had a better landing accuracy than was achieved by Armadillo Aerospace of Rockwall, Texas, which got US$500,000 for second place.

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