Israeli team could win $1 million if their spacecraft sticks a lunar landing next month

The Google-sponsored Lunar X Prize competition may be dead, but the foundation behind the contest still plans to give a cash prize to one of its former competitors — if the team actually lands on the Moon. Today, the X Prize Foundation, which organized the competition, announced it will give a $1 million “Moonshot” award to the Israeli non-profit SpaceIL, if the organization’s lander successfully touches down on the lunar surface.
SpaceIL was originally one of five final