Armstrong and Aldrin fired the lander rocket engine.
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Moon Express would use existing companies such as SpaceX to handle the rocket launch of the lander and then use its own technology to actually land on the moon.
Armadillo came close to winning the X Prize Foundation's Northrop Grumman Lunar Lander Challenge last year by flying an alcohol-fueled rocket 150 feet in the air to a landing pad 300 feet away.
Northrop Grumman (nyse: NOC - news - people ) Lunar Lander Challenge last year by flying an alcohol-fueled rocket 150 feet in the air to a landing pad 300 feet away.