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".

These three LRVs remain on the Moon.

Lunar Roving Vehicle Media

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  MOLAB, NASA Illustration, 1960

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  Comparison of distances driven by various wheeled vehicles on the surface of the Moon and Mars

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  Apollo 16 astronauts in the 1-g trainer

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  Apollo 15 – Commander David Scott drives the Rover near the LM Falcon

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  John Young works at the LRV near the LM Orion on Apollo 16 in April 1972.

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  The Lunar Rover Vehicle depicted on the Space Achievement Decade Issue of 1971
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  Eugene Cernan test drives the Apollo 17 lunar rover shortly after unloading it from the LM Challenger

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  Close-up of wheel showing chevron treads

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  Lunar Rover diagram (NASA)

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  Honorary lunar driver's license presented to then NASA Administrator James E. Webb

• LRV extraction timelapse from Apollo 15

Other websites

• 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