A veteran of NASA's Apollo program restores a rover that trained astronauts for driving on the moon. IE 11 is not supported. For an optimal experience visit our site on another browser.

By Apollo 17, the LRVs took the men about 17 miles in total. So much more could be explored with this tiny rover. “The lunar rovers fulfilled the whole promise of Apollo,” Swift told me on the ...

It was December 11, 1972, 45 years ago to the day. Astronauts Gene Cernan and Jack Schmitt had just stepped out of the lunar lander. And thus began one of humanity’s greatest road trips.

Apollo 17's astronauts spent a record 22 hours performing extravehicular activities on the moon. The astronauts drove about 21 miles (34 kilometers) in the lunar rover and brought back 108 ...

The last time anyone drove on the Moon was way back in 1972 when the astronauts of Apollo 17 took the Lunar Roving Vehicle for one last spin. Now, NASA is plotting a return to the Moon’s surface ...

Apollo 17 lights the night: NASA's last lunar landing mission lifted off at 12:33 a.m. EST on Dec. 7, 1972, 40 years ago. NASA Apollo 17's legacy: more than just the last ...

On Dec. 19, 1972, the Apollo 17 crew returned to Earth. Apollo 17 was the sixth and last Apollo mission in which humans walked on the lunar surface.

The three-man crew aboard NASA's Apollo 17 mission departs the moon on Dec. 19, 1972, and returns to Earth, splashing down in the Pacific Ocean, while leaving behind the third U.S. lunar rover ...

Apollo 17 lifted off on Dec. 7, 1972. On Dec. 11, ... Commander Eugene Cernan is standing near the lunar rover designed by Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Ala. ...

One of the newest sets from the Technic team is a detailed recreation of the Apollo 17 lunar rover, ... “So the lunar rover has the most accurate detail I think I have ever seen in a Lego set.

The Apollo Lunar Roving Vehicle set includes a displayable model version of the lunar rover module carried to the moon by Apollo 17, full of authentic details. View Deal.

Apollo 17, the last of the missions to land men on the moon, began 40 years ago today with the dawning of a man-made sun. Lifting off just after midnight on Dec. 7, 1972, the Apollo 17 mission was ...