National Air and Space Museum, Smithsonian Institution Today in 1971: A Lunar Roving Vehicle (LRV) was used for the first time on the Moon by the crew of Apollo 15. The LRV allowed Apollo astronauts to traverse 27.9 kilometers of the lunar surface. See the Lunar Roving Vehicle Qualification Test Unit on display in "Apollo to the Moon" at the Museum in DC: ow.ly/nrzzf Image Caption and Credit: David R. Scott, Apollo 15 Commander, is seated in the Rover, Lunar Roving Vehicle (LRV) during the first lunar surface extravehicular activity (EVA-1) at the Hadley-Apennine landing site.[GRIN - Greatest Images in NASA]
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