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. 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 US Standard Light Rail Vehicle (SLRV) was a light rail vehicle (LRV) built by Boeing Vertol in the 1970s. The Urban Mass Transportation Administration (UMTA) of the United States Department of Transportation (USDOT) promoted it as a standardized vehicle for U.S. cities.

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.

Sep 3, 2013 · This document applies most directly to the Apollo 15 Rover. There were differences in equipment carried and configuration - particularly with regard to the geology gear at the back of the vehicle from mission to mission. Scan by Ron Wells. Lunar Roving Vehicle Systems Handbook: Apollo 15, LRV-1, Rev.

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 …

Jul 6, 2015 · The Lunar Roving Vehicle (LRV) was taken during the Apollo 15 mission. Powered by battery, the lightweight electric car greatly increased the range of mobility and productivity on the scientific traverses for astronauts. It weighed 462 …

Aug 2, 2021 · The Lunar Roving Vehicle (LRV) was designed to transport astronauts and materials on the Moon. An LRV was used on each of the last three Apollo missions, Apollo 15, Apollo 16, and Apollo 17, in 1971 and 1972 to permit the crew to travel several miles from the lunar landing site.

May 31, 2019 · The LRV was designed as a collapsible vehicle that folded up inside the descent stage of the Lunar Module (LM) with all four wheels on top and facing inward, while the flat bottom of the rover...

Apr 27, 2022 · The answer: a lunar roving vehicle (LRV). This dune buggy-like vehicle gave Apollo 15, Apollo 16, and Apollo 17 astronauts the ability to travel far distances and haul equipment and samples with ease, a feat not shared with previous Apollo missions.

Developed in only 17 months at a cost of 38 million dollars, the Lunar Roving Vehicle (LRV) greatly expanded the survey range of the astronauts on Apollo 15, 16 and 17. Designed to operate in the low-gravity vacuum of the Moon, the LRV boasted an ingenious design that allowed it to be folded up and stored inside the Lunar Module.