Lunar Roving Vehicle
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The Lunar Roving Vehicle is a battery-powered four-wheeled rover used on the Moon in the last three missions of the American Apollo program during 1971 and 1972. It is popularly called the Moon buggy,
The U.S. Apollo Lunar Roving Vehicle from Apollo 15 on the Moon in 1971
MOLAB, NASA Illustration, 1960
Apollo 16 astronauts in the 1-g trainer
Apollo 15 – Commander David Scott drives the Rover near the LM Falcon
Apollo 17
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Apollo 17 was the eleventh and final crewed mission of NASA's Apollo program, the sixth and most recent time humans have set foot on the Moon. Commander Gene Cernan and Lunar Module Pilot Harrison Sch
Lunar Roving Vehicle
…Roving Vehicle (LRV) is a battery-powered four-wheeled rover used on the Moon in the last three missions of the American Apollo program (15, 16, and 17) during 1971 and 1972. It is popularly called the Moon buggy, a play on the term "dune buggy". Built by Boeing, each LRV has a mass of 462 pounds (210…
Gene Cernan salutes the U.S. flag, with the Apollo Lunar Module Challenger and Lunar Roving Vehicle in the background
Left to right: Schmitt, Cernan (seated), EvansApollo program← Apollo 16Apollo 18 (canceled) →
Apollo 17 space-flown silver Robbins medallion
Landing site and surrounding area, as imaged from the Apollo 17 command module, 1972