"Private Companies Chosen by NASA to Develop Lunar Rovers for Artemis Missions"
NASA selected three companies, Intuitive Machines, Lunar Outpost, and Venturi Astrolab, to continue work on an Artemis lunar rover based on a balance of cost, capabilities, and experience. The agency evaluated nine proposals and deemed six as unacceptable or not evaluated. Each selected company received a task order to fund design work leading up to a preliminary design review. Despite concerns about one company's ability to carry out the work, NASA ultimately approved contracts for all three companies, with plans to select only one for a task order to develop and demonstrate its rover after completion of the preliminary design reviews.