You may remember an electric vehicle startup called Canoo that went public back in 2020. Canoo has shown off some funky yet practical EVs, including a Lifestyle Vehicle and a pickup truck that outmatches the Tesla Cybertruck in terms of configurability. The company has faced various ups and downs recently, including struggles to get its first vehicles into customer hands. This week though, Canoo showed off its electric van in one of the coolest ways possible: shuttling NASA astronauts.

Canoo posted several pictures on its official Instagram account that give us a clear look at the new NASA transport vehicles. These vehicles will take the Artemis astronauts to the rocket, which will take them to the moon by 2024.

According to the company's website, the Canoo Lifestyle vehicle produces up to 350 horsepower with an 80kWh battery providing a 250-mile range. That's plenty, as the commute to the rocket is only nine miles. NASA requested a zero-emission vehicle for this task with at least a 50-mile range.

NASA said it also wanted a spacious vehicle that could accommodate four astronauts, three crew members, plus a driver with storage space for six bags and four cooling units. With up to seven seats and 188 cubic feet of space, the Canoo seems perfectly up to the task. Just to make sure NASA Exploration Ground Systems technicians donned their gear for a test ride.

Aside from some NASA decals, the vehicles in the photos look identical to the production units, which start at $34,750. Canoo will offer four trim levels, including a Delivery van, Base, Premium, and off-road-focused Adventure model. The Delivery model comes with only two seats, while the Base and Premium step it up to five and seven, respectively. We don't know the exact charging speed, but Canoo says the Lifestyle vehicle will get to 80 percent juice in just 28 minutes. Canoo plans to deliver the Lifestyle Vehicle to customers starting later this year, but the company has until June 2023 to fulfill its order to NASA for the astronauts.