Lunar Roving Vehicle: the story
Lunar Roving Vehicle · Chapter 1 of 4
26 July 1971
Launch
Lunar Roving Vehicle left Earth on a Saturn V from Launch Complex 39A.
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Lunar Roving Vehicle · Chapter 2 of 4
30 July 1971
Arrival
Folded on the Lunar Module at Hadley–Apennine.
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Lunar Roving Vehicle · Chapter 3 of 4
1971
Life’s work
The first car driven on the Moon. Apollo 15's rover let astronauts travel far beyond the lander, to the edge of Hadley Rille.
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Lunar Roving Vehicle · Chapter 4 of 4
2 August 1971
Last signal
Parked away from the lander, the rover's TV camera broadcast the crew's liftoff to Earth, then stayed behind.
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