Lunar Roving Vehicle - Wikipedia
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 kg) without payload.
The Lunar Roving Vehicle: A Complete Guide - Apollo11Space
Known as the “moon buggy,” it gave astronauts the ability to roam the lunar surface easily. The Lunar Roving Vehicle, commonly known as the moon buggy, was born out of necessity. Early Apollo missions were constrained by the limited mobility of astronauts on the Moon’s surface.
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.
It was 10 feet 2 inches long, 44 inches high with a 7-foot 6-inch wheel base. It stood in stark contrast to the towering Saturn V Launch Vehicle. The lunar surface vehicle had large mesh wheels, antenna appendages, tool caddies and cameras. The finished lunar rover weighed only about 450 pounds or just 75 pounds in the moon’s one-sixth gravity.
NASA's Moon Buggy - Lunar Rover Facts | Science Facts
They designed a lightweight, space-age dune buggy that could fold up inside the tight confines of the Lunar Module. Deployed on the dusty lunar surface, the “Moon Buggy” was able to travel 50 km across the Moon’s cratered terrain and carry more …
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 Lunar Rover: Designing and Unpacking a Car on the Moon
Sep 9, 2014 · It was an electrically propelled vehicle that weighed 480 pounds on Earth (80 pounds on the Moon), could carry about twice its own weight, and move at a top speed of about 8.6 miles per hour.
Reinventing the Wheel - NASA
Oct 26, 2017 · NASA Glenn engineers rebuilt Apollo era tires and developed new designs using newer materials and technology to better function on a lunar surface.
The difference it made: Building a car for the Moon
Jul 6, 2015 · Designing a lunar rover for the Apollo missions was a rushed job, but the vehicles ended up making an immense difference in the exploration of the Moon.
Lunar Roving Vehicle | National Air and Space Museum
The Lunar Roving Vehicle (LRV) was a battery powered "dune buggy" taken to the moon on Apollo missions 15, 16, and 17. The LRV was stowed on the descent stage of the Lunar Module and deployed upon arrival at the lunar surface.