Lunar Roving Vehicle - Wikipedia
WEBThe 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 ".
Apollo 17 - Wikipedia
WEBApollo 17's Lunar Roving Vehicle. The Surface Electrical Properties (SEP) experiment receiver is the antenna on the right-rear of the vehicle. Like Apollo 15 and 16, Apollo 17 carried a Lunar Roving Vehicle.
Apollo 17: Mission Details - NASA
WEBApr 7, 2011 · Apollo 17 hosted the first scientist-astronaut to land on moon: Harrison Schmitt. The sixth automated research station was set up. The lunar rover vehicle traversed a total of 30.5 kilometers.
Apollo 17 - National Air and Space Museum
WEBDec 7, 1972 · Apollo 17 was the sixth and final Apollo mission to land people on the Moon. Compared to previous Apollo missions, Apollo 17 astronauts traversed the greatest distance using the Lunar Roving Vehicle and returned the greatest number of …
Apollo 17: Inside NASA’s Final Moon Landing Mission
WEBDec 5, 2022 · The astronauts drove their battery-powered lunar rover more than 20 miles across the moon’s surface—despite a fender bender. When a hammer Cernan accidentally dropped knocked a wheel fender ...
Apollo 17 - NASA
WEBJul 11, 2024 · Apollo 17. Occurred 52 years ago. The Apollo Program's last lunar landing mission, and the first to include an astronaut-scientist, landed in the Moon's Taurus-Littrow Valley.
The Apollo Lunar Roving Vehicle - NSSDCA
WEBThe 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.
Apollo 17 Mission Overview - Lunar and Planetary Institute (LPI)
WEBApollo 17 was the sixth and final Apollo mission to land on the Moon. Following a 2-hour 40-minute delay, it launched at 11:33 p.m. CST on December 6, 1972, the only night launch of the Apollo program.
50 Years Ago: Apollo 17 Heads Home to Earth - NASA
WEBDec 15, 2022 · 50 Years Ago: Apollo 17 Heads Home to Earth. On Dec. 14, 1972, following three days exploring the Taurus-Littrow site on the Moon, Apollo 17 astronauts Eugene A. Cernan and Harrison H. “Jack” Schmitt, the first trained geologist to travel to the Moon, lifted off aboard the Lunar Module (LM) Challenger to rejoin Ronald E. …
Apollo 17 | Overview & Facts | Britannica - Encyclopedia Britannica
WEBSep 13, 2024 · Apollo 17, U.S. crewed spaceflight to the Moon, launched on December 7, 1972, and successfully concluded on December 19, 1972. It was the final flight of the Apollo program, and Apollo 17 astronauts Eugene Cernan and Harrison Schmitt were the last humans to walk on the Moon.