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The Lunar 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 ".
These cost overruns gained considerable media attention at a time of greater public weariness with the space program, when NASA's budget was being cut. [ALSJ 6] The Lunar Roving Vehicle could be folded into a space 5 ft by 20 in (1.5 m by 0.5 m).
The Lunar Roving Vehicle (LRV) was a battery-powered four-wheeled vehicle design. The LRV could carry one or two astronauts, their equipment, and lunar samples. During 1971 and 1972, LRVs were used on the Moon for each of the final three missions of the American Apollo program, Apollo 15, 16, and 17.
The Simulated Lunar Operations Lab at NASA Glenn Research Center tested planetary roving vehicle systems and components for vehicles such as the VIPER Rover. - GRC/NASA
Lander/Launch Vehicle: Success Lunar Roving Vehicle: Rover: Success Sixth and last crewed lunar landing and last use of the Lunar Roving Vehicle; the orbiting command module included five mice. 92: Luna 21 (E-8 No.204) Luna 21: 8 January 1973: Proton-K/D: Lavochkin: Lander: Success Lunokhod 2: Rover: Success Deployed Lunokhod 2. 93: Explorer 49 ...
On May 4, Carnegie Mellon University, will send the first U.S. rover to the Moon. The rover, named Iris, is record-breakingly small and lightweight.
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
NASA released surreal footage from the Apollo Space Program of the 1960s and ’70s. The stunning, high-resolution visuals give a closer look at a Lunar Roving Vehicle (LRV), nicknamed a “moon ...