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Lunar Roving Vehicle

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Lunar Roving Vehicle

The electric buggy astronauts drove on the Moon/Space Missions

The Lunar Roving Vehicle was used on Apollo 15, 16, and 17 missions between 1971 and 1972. It could carry two astronauts plus equipment at speeds up to 13 km/h. Three rovers remain parked on the lunar surface to this day.

Measurements

Length3.1 m
2.58Coffee table lengths
25.8Candy bar lengths
40.8Hockey puck diameters
Width1.83 m
2Walking canes
12.2 millionthsBig Island lengths
18.3 millionViruses
Height1.14 m
4.8 tenthsForklift lengths
76 trillionUranium nuclei
20.7Pink erasers
Mass (unloaded)210 kg
7Labrador retrievers
3.4 thousandthsM1 Abrams tanks
Max payload490 kg
4.5 septillionHemoglobin molecule weights
9.8 trillionYeast cells
7.5 billionSand grains
Top speed3.6 m/s
1.8Houseflies
180 millionthsMeteorites
470 millionthsSpace Station orbits

About 13 km/h

Wheel diameter8.1 tenths m
5.6 tenthsBroomstick lengths
116 millionChip transistor gates
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