Lunar Roving Vehicle

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The Lunar Roving Vehicle was a battery-powered, four-wheeled rover used by NASA astronauts to explore the Moon’s surface during the later Apollo missions.

All labels observed (7)

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Predicate Object
instanceOf NASA spacecraft hardware ⓘ
lunar rover ⓘ
uncrewed ground vehicle ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States ⓘ
crewCapacity 2 astronauts ⓘ
deploymentMethod folded and deployed from Lunar Module side bay ⓘ
designedFor lunar surface exploration ⓘ
developer Boeing ⓘ
General Motors Defense Research Laboratories ⓘ
firstUseDate 1971-07-31 ⓘ
firstUsedOnBody Moon ⓘ
hasComponent battery packs ⓘ
high-gain antenna ⓘ
low-gain antenna ⓘ
navigation system ⓘ
seats for two astronauts ⓘ
television camera ⓘ
tubular aluminum frame ⓘ
wire-mesh wheels ⓘ
launchVehicle Saturn V ⓘ
manufacturer Boeing ⓘ
General Motors ⓘ
massOnEarth about 210 kg ⓘ
maxSpeed about 13 km/h ⓘ
notableFeature folding chassis for compact stowage ⓘ
remotely steerable TV camera from Earth ⓘ
operatedBy NASA ⓘ
operationalEnvironment lunar vacuum ⓘ
reduced lunar gravity ⓘ
payloadCapacity about 490 kg on the Moon ⓘ
powerSource battery-powered ⓘ
propulsionType electric motor ⓘ
quantityBuilt 4 ⓘ
quantityFlown 3 ⓘ
range about 35 km per mission ⓘ
status abandoned on the Moon ⓘ
stowedLocation Lunar Module descent stage ⓘ
linked to: Apollo Lunar Module
typicalSpeed about 8 km/h ⓘ
usedByAstronaut Charles Duke ⓘ
linked to: Charles M. Duke Jr.

David Scott ⓘ
Eugene Cernan ⓘ
Harrison Schmitt ⓘ
linked to: Harrison H. Schmitt

James Irwin ⓘ
linked to: James B. Irwin

John Young ⓘ
usedInProgram Apollo program ⓘ
usedOnMission Apollo 15 ⓘ
Apollo 16 ⓘ
Apollo 17 ⓘ
wheelCount 4 ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Apollo 15 → firstUseOf → Lunar Roving Vehicle ⓘ
Apollo 15 → lunarRoverModel → Lunar Roving Vehicle (LRV) ⓘ
linked to: Lunar Roving Vehicle
Apollo astronauts → usedEquipment → Lunar Roving Vehicle ⓘ
Taurus–Littrow valley → visitedByLunarRover → Apollo 17 Lunar Roving Vehicle ⓘ
linked to: Lunar Roving Vehicle
Lunokhod programme → comparedWith → Apollo Lunar Roving Vehicle ⓘ
linked to: Lunar Roving Vehicle
Station 6 → exploredUsing → Lunar Roving Vehicle ⓘ
Tracy’s Rock → explorationToolUsed → Lunar Roving Vehicle ⓘ
Station 8 → exploredByVehicle → Lunar Roving Vehicle ⓘ
Apollo 16 landing site → visitedByLunarRover → Apollo 16 Lunar Roving Vehicle ⓘ
linked to: Lunar Roving Vehicle
Orion → carriedLunarRover → Lunar Roving Vehicle 2 ⓘ
linked to: Lunar Roving Vehicle
Apollo 15 landing site → firstUseOf → Lunar Roving Vehicle ⓘ
Apollo 15 landing site → surfaceVehicleUsed → Lunar Roving Vehicle 1 ⓘ
linked to: Lunar Roving Vehicle
Modular Equipment Transporter → successor → Lunar Roving Vehicle ⓘ