While we may remember the "one small step" more than anything else, the first Lunar Rover has its own interesting story ...

NASA is gearing up for an exciting chapter in lunar exploration by sending a trio of high-tech instruments to the Moon. Two ...

GM is once again contributing to a NASA lunar rover, this time supplying Ultium technology to power the Lunar Terrain Vehicle, part of ... and suspension of NASA’s Lunar Roving Vehicle during ...

Lunar rover designed for compact travel, easy set-up. The post uses an authentic photo found in the National Archives of Apollo 15 astronaut James Irwin on the moon standing beside the first lunar ...

Stick your standard rubber car tires on the moon—especially at its south pole in the middle of the lunar night, where temperatures can reach –300 degrees Fahrenheit—and nothing good will happen.

Today, a lunar rover test vehicle—almost identical to the vehicles that went to the moon on three Apollo flights—is parked in the National Air and Space Museum.

The Apollo 15 lunar rover vehicle (LRV) was designed to fold into the lunar module, contrary to suggestions in posts online that the moon landings must have been faked because it would have been ...

A Golden and Arvada-based space company has been chosen as a “prime contractor” vying to create NASA’s next-generation lunar rover. The company hopes American astronauts will use them to get ...

Unlike the rover first used during the Apollo 15 mission in 1971, built to last only a few days and for short trips, the new lunar vehicle is being built for extended use. And this time, it’s ...