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The Lunar Terrain Vehicle (LTV) is an unpressurized rover being developed for NASA that astronauts can drive on the Moon while wearing their spacesuits. [1] The development of the LTV is a part of NASA's Artemis Program, which involves returning astronauts to the Moon, specifically the lunar south pole, by 2026, but the LTV will not fly until Artemis V in 2030 at the earliest. [2]
First crewed lunar rover Apollo 16: Lunar Roving Vehicle: NASA: 21 April 1972 8.97301°S 15.50019°E: 3 h 26 min 26.55 km (16.50 mi) Apollo 17: Lunar Roving Vehicle: NASA: 11 December 1972 20.1908°N 30.7717°E: 4 h 26 min 35.89 km (22.30 mi) Furthest distance travelled by crewed lunar rover Artemis V: Lunar Terrain Vehicle: NASA: 2030 TBD
The Lunar Terrain Vehicle (LTV) is an unpressurized lunar rover under development by NASA to support the Artemis program's goal of returning humans to the Moon and establishing a sustainable presence. The LTV is designed to transport astronauts and cargo across the lunar surface, facilitating scientific research and exploration.
Nasa has unveiled the lunar buggy concepts that will be developed for its upcoming crewed missions to the Moon.. Among the vehicles is a self-driving ‘Moon RACER’ built by US startup Intuitive ...
The company recently won a $30 million contract from NASA to develop a lunar terrain vehicle that will shuttle Artemis astronauts around on the moon. Intuitive Machines has also developed a Lunar ...
The latter, Lunar Terrain Vehicle (LTV) would be prepositioned by a CLPS vehicle before the Artemis III mission. It would be used to transport crews around the exploration site and serve a similar function to the Apollo Lunar Roving Vehicle. In July 2020, NASA established a program office for the rover at the Johnson Space Center in Houston. [217]
The larger version of ALHAT was tested using helicopter flights at NASA's Dryden Flight Research Center, Edwards, California in 2010. [22] A lunar terrain field was constructed at Kennedy Space Centre (KSC) for ALHAT on Morpheus lander testing. The field has an array of different terrain features to test ALHAT's ability to detect hazards.
The Lunokhod 1 Lunar Rover. The Lunokhod 1 rover landed on the Moon in November 1970. [5] It was the first roving remote-controlled robot to land on any celestial body. The Soviet Union launched Lunokhod 1 aboard the Luna 17 spacecraft on November 10, 1970, and it entered lunar orbit on November 15.