Lunar rover designed for compact travel, easy set-up. The post uses an authentic photo found in the National Archives of Apollo 15 astronaut James Irwin on the moon standing beside the first lunar ...

The Apollo 15 lunar rover vehicle (LRV) was designed to fold into the lunar module, contrary to suggestions in posts online that the moon landings must have been faked because it would have been ...

On July 26, 1971, NASA launched Apollo 15, the fourth successful mission to touch down on the moon. The Saturn V rocket blasted off from Kennedy Space Center at 9:34 a.m. The mission was intended ...

Apollo 15 Lunar Module and Rover. NASA . At Kennedy Space Center on April 21, 1971, the Lunar Roving Vehicle and Lunar Module go through simulations. During NASA's fourth lunar landing mission, ...

On the first three lunar landing missions — Apollo 11, Apollo 12, and Apollo 14 — astronauts covered a total combined distance of 4.4 miles. With a rover, Apollo 15 more than tripled that ...

This mission featured the longest stay yet on the lunar surface, three moonwalks and the first use of a "moon buggy," or lunar rover. Only two more crewed missions followed after Apollo 15: Apollo ...

Top image: Apollo 15 astronauts Jim Irwin, Al Worden, and Dave Scott pose with their corvettes next to the 1-g lunar rover trainer as part of the June 11, 1971 special edition of Life Magazine ...

Where Apollo 11, 12, and 14 landed near the equator and in the lowlands of the lunar mares, Apollo 15 set down on July 30 in the higher latitudes, ... The Lunar Rover Vehicle ...

A veteran of NASA's Apollo program restores a rover that trained astronauts for driving on the moon. ... The first lunar rover touched down on the moon 43 years ago with Apollo 15, on July 30, ...

The Lunar Communications Relay Unit on the vehicle enabled correspondence to and from the lunar rover during the Apollo 15, 16 and 17 missions.

On Aug. 7, 1971, as Apollo 15 barreled into Earth’s atmosphere before splashing down at 3:45 P.M. CDT some 330 miles (530 km) north of Honolulu, the astronauts’ thoughts of the Moon melted away.

Unlike the rover first used during the Apollo 15 mission in 1971, built to last only a few days and for short trips, the new lunar vehicle is being built for extended use. And this time, it’s ...