Lunar Roving Vehicle
type of battery-powered four-wheeled rover used on the Moon in the last three missions of the American Apollo program
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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. They are popularly known as "Moon buggies", a play on the words "dune buggy".
These three LRVs remain on the Moon.
Other websites
change- Boeing Lunar Rover Vehicle Operations Handbook Archived 2011-03-17 at the Wayback Machine
- Article about the rover
- LRV Operations Handbook, Appendix A (Performance Data)
- Mobility Performance of the Lunar Roving Vehicle: Terrestrial Studies – Apollo 15 Results
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