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Lunar Roving Vehicle

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The Lunar Rover was used for greater surface mobility during the Apollo program J-class missions: (Apollo 15, Apollo 16, and Apollo 17). This greatly expanded the range of the lunar explorers. Previous teams of astonauts were restricted to short walking distances around the landing site due to the bulky spacesuit equipment required to sustain life in the harsh lunar environment.

The Soviet Union also landed unmanned rovers on the Moon, named Lunokhod 1 and 2.

See also: Manned space missions, Unmanned space missions

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