Footage from the Apollo 15 Lunar Roving Vehicle, captured by Jim Irwin using the 16mm film camera. Digitised by National Archives, enhanced by Moonpans using Topaz Video Enhance and DaVinci Resolve with synchronised mission audio | Moonpans.com

Apr. 21, 1972: 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. Built by Boeing, each LRV has a mass of 460 pounds (210 kg) without payload and was designed for a top speed of 8 miles per hour (13 km/h), although it achieved a top speed of 11.2 miles per hour (18 km/h) on its last mission, Apollo 17. Each LRV was carried to the Moon folded up in the Lunar Module