Two billionaires are now on board to help Nasa's plan to send humans to the Moon for the first time in 50 years.
Elon Musk's Space X firm is already working with Nasa to build a system for its descent, based on its Starship rocket.
And now Amazon's Jeff Bezos has been asked to help too!
His company, Blue Origin, will build a landing craft which will take the crew down to the lunar surface.
The complex Moon missions are aiming to put a man and woman on the Moon by the end of 2024.
If successful, experts also want to build a long-term human base there for years to come.
Jeff Bezos will receive just over $3.4bn (£2.7bn) from Nasa as part of the contract and his company is expected to spend the same amount or more of its own money on the project.
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
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