Australians will soon have an unprecedented opportunity to make a mark on space travel history, with WA ate the forefront.

The Australian Space Agency are hoping to name their new space rover ahead of our first attempt to get to the moon, and need your help to do it.

Press PLAY to hear more about the chance to enter the annals of space travel

ASA spokesperson Keegan Buzza told Millsy and Karl on 6PR Breakfast a Perth-based engineering company is hard at work right now.

“They are deep in that design, research and development phase and are starting to plan out what that rover will look like,” Mr Buzza said.

If you think you’ve got a good name, enter the competition at industry.gov.au/news/competition-to-name-australias-lunar-rover