4K - Lunar rover vehicle on Moon - 1996

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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 It is popular ly called the Moon buggy a play on the terms dune buggy.

Built by Boeing, each LRV has a mass of 460 pounds (210 kg) without payload. It could carry a minimum payload of 1,080 pounds (490 kg), including two astronauts, equipment, and lunar samples, and was designed for a top speed of 8 miles per hour (13 km/h), although it achieved a top speed of 11.2miles per hour (18.0 km/h) on its last mission, Apollo 17.

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