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

Historic Apollo Footage from the Lunar Surface This is real Apollo mission footage showing astronauts working on the Moon surface. 🌕 Between 1969 and 1972, NASA’s Apollo missions successfully landed humans on the Moon. The footage shows astronauts walking in one-sixth Earth gravity, which is why their movements look slow and bouncing. They collected rock and soil samples, set up scientific experiments, and explored the lunar terrain. The sharp shadows and dark sky are natural because the Moon h