Lunar Roving Vehicle

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”.

Built by Boeing, each LRV weighs 460 pounds (210 kg) (on Earth) without payload. It could carry a maximum payload mass of 1,080 pounds (490 kg) including two astronauts, equipment, and lunar samples; and was designed for a top speed of 8 miles per hour (13 km/h), although it actually achieved a top speed of 11.2 miles per hour (18.0 km/h) on its last mission, Apollo 17. They were transported to the Moon folded up in the Lunar Module’s Quadrant 1 Bay. After being unpacked, they were driven an average distance of 30 km on each of the three missions, without major incident.

These three LRVs remain on the Moon.

~ wikipedia

Designer Notes

Downloads