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The Apollo Lunar Roving Vehicle - NSSDCA
The Lunar Roving Vehicle (LRV) was an electric vehicle designed to operate in the low-gravity vacuum of the Moon and to be capable of traversing the lunar surface, allowing the Apollo astronauts to extend the range of their surface extravehicular activities.
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The lunar module was a two-stage vehicle designed for space operations near and on the Moon. The spacecraft mass of 16430 kg was the total mass of the LM ascent and descent stages including propellants (fuel and oxidizer).
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The Yutu rover rolled onto the lunar surface on 14 December at 20:35 UT (15 December 04:35 a.m. BJST). The Yutu rover was designed and built by the China Academy of Space Technology (CAST). It is a six-wheeled vehicle powered by solar cells.
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May 1, 2015 · The primary objective of Chandrayaan 2 is to demonstrate the ability to soft-land on the lunar surface and operate a robotic rover on the surface. Scientific goals include studies of lunar topography, mineralogy, elemental abundance, the lunar exosphere, and signatures of hydroxyl and water ice.
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5 days ago · The Apollo 16 lunar module (LM) "Orion" was the fifth crewed vehicle to land on the Moon. It carried two astronauts, Commander John W. Young and LM pilot Charles M. Duke Jr., the ninth and tenth men to walk on the Moon.
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May 1, 2015 · Chang'e 3 is a Chinese National Space Agency (CNSA) lunar landing mission designed to study the Moon from its stationary landing platform and with a rover. Chang'e 3 comprises a Lunar Landing Vehicle (LLV) with a total mass of 3700 - 3800 kg.
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May 1, 2015 · The lunar field geology investigation experiment was designed to provide data on the nature and development of the Apennine mountin area and of the processes that have modified the mare and highland surface through the study of documented lunar geological features and the analysis of returned lunar samples.
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May 1, 2015 · The Volatiles Investigating Polar Exploration Rover (VIPER), planned to fly to the Moon on Griffin Mission 1 (TO 20A), has been cancelled. Griffin Mission 1 will still be flown as a flight demonstration of the lander and engines, with launch no earlier than Fall, 2025.
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4 days ago · The lunar module was a two-stage vehicle designed for space operations near and on the Moon. The spacecraft mass of 15264 kg was the total mass of the LM ascent and descent stages including propellants (fuel and oxidizer).
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May 1, 2015 · The Japanese Lunar Excursion Vehicle, or Transformable Lunar Robot, is a small 8 cm diameter sphere with a mass of about 0.25 kg that will open into a cylindrical shape, basically an axle with two hemispherical wheels, and carry cameras for surface observations.