Apollo 17—like Apollos XV and XVI—left ... the fender on the right rear wheel of the Apollo XVII lunar rover broke off. “Oh, there goes a fender. Oh shoot!” commander Gene Cernan could ...

“Ohhhh there goes a fender ... the men about 17 miles in total. So much more could be explored with this tiny rover. “The lunar rovers fulfilled the whole promise of Apollo,” Swift told ...

Moon rocks have also made brief visits at the White House. During Trump's first term in office, a different Apollo 17 rock ...

So how did NASA build an electric rover that worked ... it cracked 11 MPH during Apollo 17 when astronaut Eugene Cernan floored it down a hill with a full payload of Moon rocks.

the first mission to use the four-wheel-drive lunar rover. John Young, Ken Mattingly and Charlie Duke of Apollo 16 and Gene Cernan, Ron Evans and Harrison Schmitt of Apollo 17 traveled ever ...