Apollo Lunar Roving Vehicle Operations Handbook

by NASA and National Aeronautics and Space Administration

Developed in only 17 months at a cost of 38 million dollars, the Lunar Roving Vehicle (LRV) greatly expanded the survey range of the astronauts on Apollo 15, 16 and 17. Designed to operate in the low-gravity vacuum of the Moon, the LRV boasted an ingenious design that allowed it to be folded up and stored inside the Lunar Module. It would then be deployed using a system of pulleys and brake reels. The LRV's frame was made of aluminum alloy 2219 tubing...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 193768489X
• ISBN13: 9781937684891
• Release Date: January 2012
• Publisher: Periscope Film LLC
• Length: 382 Pages
• Weight: 1.66 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 8.0" x 10.0"