Jagpal Singh February 2014 ~ All About Astronomy

Tuesday, 11 February 2014

Which Car Had Been Driven On the Moon?

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The American Apollo program 15,16 and 17 that travelled to the moon during 1971 and 1972 carried Lunar Roving Vehicles(LRVs) or Moon buggies. The astronauts (on Apollo 15 by astronauts David Scott and Jim Irwin, one on Apollo 16 by John Young and Charles Duke, and one on Apollo 17 by Eugene Cernan and Harrison Schmitt) drove the electric buggies around the moon's surface, looking for interesting rocks. The Apollo Lunar Roving Vehicle...
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