Australia Building Its First Lunar Rover to Fly to the Moon With NASA

$42 million has been allocated by the Australian government, with a plan to launch to the moon later this decade.

A Canadian lunar rover is seen during a demonstration outside the Canadian Space Agency's (CSA) John H. Chapman Space Centre in Longueuil, Quebec, Canada, on October 30, 2024. The Canadian rover will land on the south pole of the Moon. (Photo by Alexis Aubin / AFP) Photo by ALEXIS AUBIN/AFP via Getty Images

Australia has selected the team who will be responsible for building the nation’s first lunar rover to go to the moon.

The goal is to send this semi-autonomous rover to the moon later this decade with the support of the Australian Space Agency and National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA).