But battle for survival for the species found in the Vegas area is seen as uphill Desert tortoise populations in the Mojave Desert continue to decline, despite years of study and protection since the reptile was designated a threatened species in 1990, experts say. Researchers say observations support a gloomy ...

Seattle team wins $900,000 in NASA-backed 'space elevator' competition in Mojave DesertA Seattle teams has collected a $900,000 prize in a NASA-backed competition to develop the concept of an elevator to space — an idea spurred by science fiction novels. The team's robotic machine raced up more than ...

Seattle team wins $900,000 in NASA-backed 'space elevator' competition in Mojave DesertA Seattle team has won $900,000 in a competition aimed at developing technology based on the science fiction concept of a space elevator. The team earned the money by sending its laser-powered robot thousands of feet up ...

A California-based firm was named winner of a one-million-dollar prize backed by US space agency NASA to design a craft capable of a lunar landing, a statement said Tuesday. Masten Space Systems were declared winners of the Northrop Grumman Lunar Lander X-Prize Challenge following a competition in the Mojave Desert ...