A company that is planning to send robots to the moon is getting to work here in Central Florida.

Moon Express is basing its operations at Kennedy Space Center to help them develop technologies to send robots to the moon.

This month, the private company began their test of their first robotic vehicle, called MTV-1X, at KSC's Shuttle Landing Facility.

The company's plan is to send a series of robotic spacecraft to the moon for exploration and commercial development, so that one day humans can live on the moon.

Moon Express executives hope to be the first private company to reach the moon.

They're hoping their first test flight to the moon launches in 2016.

In the meantime, they'll continue to work with NASA and test their vehicles at KSC.