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The lunar rover embodies the connection between the Space programmes and the auto industry Published: July 29, 2021 10:57 NYT Apollo 17 mission commander Eugene A. Cernan makes a short checkout of the Lunar Roving Vehicle during the early part of the first Apollo 17 extravehicular activity at the Taurus-Littrow landing site. This view of the lunar rover prior to loadup was taken by Harrison H. Schmitt, Lunar Module pilot. The mountain in the right background is the east end of South Massif. Image Credit: NASA
David R. Scott was not about to pass by an interesting rock without stopping. It was July 31, 1971, and he and James B. Irwin, his fellow Apollo 15 astronaut, were the first people to drive on the moon. After a six-hour inaugural jaunt in the new lunar rover, the two were heading back to their lander, the Falcon, when Scott made an unscheduled pit stop.
Apollo 15 anniversary: 50 years ago, NASA put a car on the Moon
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Apollo 15 anniversary: 50 years ago, NASA put a car on the MoonBy Rebecca Boyle, New York Times
Last Updated: Jul 28, 2021, 08:42 AM IST
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Apollo 11 and Apollo 13 are the NASA lunar missions that tend to be remembered most vividly. But at the 50th anniversary of Apollo 15, which launched on July 26, 1971, some space enthusiasts, historians and authors are giving the lunar rover its due as one of the most enduring symbols of the American moon exploration program.
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In a photo provided by NASA, Dave Scott waits in the rover for Jim Irwin to return to with samples collected near the Hadley-Apernine landing site for the ride back to the lunar module on Aug. 1, 1971.