Saturn Apollo Program
This is an Apollo 17 onboard photo of an astronaut beside the Lunar Roving Vehicle (LRV) on the lunar surface. Designed and developed by the Marshall Space Flight Center and built by the Boeing Company, the LRV was first used on the Apollo 15 mission and increased the range of astronauts' mobility and productivity on the lunar surface. This lightweight electric car had battery power sufficient for about 55 miles. It weighed 462 pounds (77 pounds on the Moon) and could carry two suited astronauts, their gear, cameras, and several hundred pounds of bagged samples. The LRV's mobility was quite high. It could climb and descend slopes of about 25 degrees.
- Date
- 1972-12-07
- Collection
- MSFC
- Archive
- NASA Image and Video Library
- Type
- photograph
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"Saturn Apollo Program" (1972-12-07). NASA/MSFC. Public domain. https://images.nasa.gov/details/9412056Need photos for a whole script? Add Find Any Photo to Claude and ask for this one by its id: 8689.
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