The Google Lunar X Prize is an international challenge to land a robot on the lunar surface, have it travel at least 1,650 feet (500 meters) and send data and images back to Earth.
The first privately funded team to do all of this before the end of 2017 will receive the $20 million grand prize. An additional $10 million is set aside for second place and various special accomplishments, bringing the prize’s total purse to $30 million.
Here’s a look at the 16 teams left in the competition as of March 2016:
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