Lunar Roving Vehicle - Wikipedia
The Apollo Lunar Roving Vehicle is a battery electric vehicle designed to operate in the low-gravity vacuum of the Moon and to be capable of traversing the lunar surface, allowing the Apollo astronauts to extend the range of their surface extravehicular activities.
Lunar rover - Wikipedia
A lunar rover or Moon rover is a space exploration vehicle designed to move across the surface of the Moon. The Apollo program 's Lunar Roving Vehicle was driven on the Moon by members of three American crews, Apollo 15 , 16 , and 17 .
The Lunar Rover: Designing and Unpacking a Car on the Moon
2014年9月9日 · This rover flew on Apollo 15, and while taking a car to the Moon might seem insane, the rover’s simple and elegant design made it a worthwhile addition to the final three Apollo missions.
New Commercial Artemis Moon Rovers Undergo Testing at NASA
2024年12月18日 · Through NASA’s Artemis campaign, astronauts will land on the lunar surface and use a new generation of spacesuits and rovers as they live, work, and conduct science in the Moon’s South Pole region, exploring more of the lunar surface than ever before.
The Lunar Roving Vehicle: A Complete Guide - Apollo11Space
During a training session at the Kennedy Space Center, Apollo 16 astronauts John W. Young and Charles M. Duke, Jr. skillfully navigated a practice version of the lunar roving vehicle across a field designed to mimic the Moon’s surface. The Lunar Roving …
How Lunar Rovers Work - HowStuffWorks
Lunar rovers have increased our knowledge of the moon by letting us travel long distances. See what's next for lunar rovers and how they've changed.
Apollo’s First Lunar Rover, Driven 50 Years Ago - The Atlantic
2021年7月22日 · Next week will mark the 50th anniversary of the launch of Apollo 15—the fourth crewed mission to reach the moon. Launched on July 26, 1971, Apollo 15 became the first Apollo mission to carry...
The Apollo Lunar Roving Vehicle - NSSDCA
The Lunar Roving Vehicle (LRV) was an electric vehicle designed to operate in the low-gravity vacuum of the Moon and to be capable of traversing the lunar surface, allowing the Apollo astronauts to extend the range of their surface extravehicular activities.
The Apollo 15 Lunar Rover on the Moon - NASA
The Apollo 15 mission was the first to carry a lunar rover, which allowed the astronauts to travel much further from their landing site and sample a much wider variety of lunar materials. Here, astronaut James B. Irwin, works at the Lunar Roving Vehicle at the Hadley-Apennine landing site.
NASA’s Network of Small Moon-Bound Rovers Is Ready to Roll
2024年3月7日 · Part of NASA’s CADRE technology demonstration, three small rovers that will explore the Moon together show off their ability to drive as a team autonomously – without explicit commands from engineers – during a test in a clean room at the agency’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in December 2023.