Now this is how you fake a moon mission. Polaris has teamed up with the U.S. Space and Rocket Center in Huntsville, Ala., to build a functional replica of the Lunar Roving Vehicle [LRV] that was us… ...

While we may remember the "one small step" more than anything else, the first Lunar Rover has its own interesting story centered around tires of all things.

Back in October, the American space agency announced it cleared the design of its first lunar mobile robot, as in this one, unlike the Boeing-made Lunar Roving Vehicle of the Apollo program, will ...

It also marks the last ride of the lunar roving vehicles that gave astronauts an enhanced ability to explore our nearest neighbor in space. The four-wheel, lightweight rover carried tools, ...

Bridgestone started work on a lunar tire concept in 2019 that will be made from metal alloys instead of rubber, much like those on the Lunar Roving Vehicles used during the Apollo program.

Where's Harry Broderick when you need him? That obscure reference is to "Salvage 1," a short-lived 1979 TV series starring Andy Griffith. It was about a junkman who built a spaceship to travel to ...

GM also put the first electric car on the moon some 46 years ago when it helped develop the electric Apollo Lunar Roving Vehicle (LRV), including the chassis and wheels for the LRV that was used ...

The Lunar Roving Vehicle was the first purpose built wheel-driven vehicle to take to the skies. Built by Boeing, the LRV was initially expected to cost $19 million, but ended up costing twice as much.

1 / 2 Show Caption + Hide Caption – The Lunar Roving Vehicle (LRV), also known as the "moon buggy" was driven on the surface of the moon during Apollo XV, XVI and XVII. The wheels for the rover ...

Polaris has teamed up with the U.S. Space and Rocket Center in Huntsville, Ala., to build a functional replica of the Lunar Roving Vehicle [LRV] that was used during the Apollo 15, 16 and 17 missions.