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YOU WONT BELIEVE: Nasa names firms to develop rover for first crewed moon mission since 1972 - You Need To See This

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Astrolab Venturi is one of three companies chosen by NASA to create designs for the next lunar rover [Patrick T Fallon/AFP]

NASA has awarded contracts to three companies to develop vehicles for the first crewed missions to the Moon in more than five decades.

Intuitive Machines, Lunar Outpost and Venturi Astrolab – based in Texas, Colorado and California, respectively – were chosen to create designs for the lunar rover under a contract worth up to $4.6bn, NASA said on Wednesday.

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