Lunar rover designed for compact travel, easy set-up. The post uses an authentic photo found in the National Archives of Apollo 15 astronaut James Irwin on the moon standing beside the first lunar ...

The Apollo 15 lunar rover vehicle (LRV) was designed to fold into the lunar module, contrary to suggestions in posts online that the moon landings must have been faked because it would have been ...

And then you realize you are not even a quarter of the way done. Announced in May, the Lego Technic NASA Apollo Lunar Roving Vehicle - LRV was released for sale today (Aug. 1). The 1,913-piece set ...

The Apollo Lunar Roving Vehicle (LRV) ultimately enabled Apollo 17 astronauts Gene Cernan and Harrison Schmitt to venture as much as 4.7 miles (7.6 kilometers) away from their lunar module.

"Think of a hybrid of the Apollo style lunar rover that was driven by our astronauts and an uncrewed mobile science platform," Vanessa Wyche, director of NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston, ...

The Lunar Communications Relay Unit on the vehicle enabled correspondence to and from the lunar rover during the Apollo 15, 16 and 17 missions.

A timeline of the “space race” from the Soviet launch of the Sputnik satellite in 1957 to Apollo 11. A replica of a lunar rover, “the first electric car in space,” in which visitors are ...

Nifty 1,913-Piece Lego Lunar Rover Set Is Here, ... Officially named the NASA Apollo Lunar Roving Vehicle – LRV, the Technic set boasts 1,913 pieces and retails for $219.99.

Lego NASA Apollo Lunar Roving Vehicle - LRV: $219.99 at Lego. ... "So the lunar rover has the most accurate detail I think I have ever seen in in a Lego set. It was a labor of love." ...

“Think of a hybrid of the Apollo style lunar rover that was driven by our astronauts and an uncrewed mobile science platform,” Vanessa Wyche, director of NASA’s Johnson Space Center in ...