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Apollo 15 (AS-510) Hadley Rille
The major innovation for this mission was the Lunar Roving Vehicle (LRV), which had travelled folded
up against Falcon's side. The LRV, or lunar rover built by Boeing, was a battery-powered four-wheeled
rover used on the Moon in the last three missions of the American Apollo program (15, 16, and 17) dur-
ing 1971 and 1972. It was popularly known as the moon buggy, a play on the phrase "dune buggy". The
three LRVs remain on the moon. The LRV used for the first time on Apollo 15 carried the crew and their
equipment over the lunar surface. The increased mobility and ease of the travel made possible by this ve-
hicle permitted the crew to travel much greater distances than on previous lunar landing missions.

LOW-GAIN ANTENNA
SENDS VOICE
SIGNAL TO EARTH

LUNAR SURFACE EXPLORATION
Their battery-powered lunar vehicle
travels at eight miles an hour on tires
woven of zinc-coated piano wire;
chevron treads of titanium, riveted
to the wire mesh, will keep the wheels
from sinking in deep dust.

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