The Lenticular Reentry Vehicle (LRV), according to a November 2000 Popular Mechanics cover story, [1] was an experimental nuclear warhead delivery system under development during the Cold War by defense contractor North American Aviation, managed out of Wright-Patterson Air Force Base in Dayton, Ohio.

The US Standard Light Rail Vehicle (SLRV) was a light rail vehicle (LRV) built by Boeing Vertol in the 1970s. The Urban Mass Transportation Administration (UMTA) of the United States Department of Transportation (USDOT) promoted it as a standardized vehicle for U.S. cities. Part of a series of defense conversion projects in the waning days of the Vietnam War, the SLRV was seen as both a ...

The Bell Aerosystems Lunar Landing Research Vehicle (LLRV, nicknamed the Flying Bedstead) [1] was a Project Apollo era program to build a simulator for the Moon landings.

On this day, July 31, 1971, Apollo 15 became the first mission to use the Lunar Roving Vehicle (LRV). The Apollo 15 LRV was driven by astronauts David Scott and Jim Irwin.

Sep 3, 2013 · This document applies most directly to the Apollo 15 Rover. There were differences in equipment carried and configuration - particularly with regard to the geology gear at the back of the vehicle from mission to mission. Scan by Ron Wells. Lunar Roving Vehicle Systems Handbook: Apollo 15, LRV-1, Rev.

The Lunar Roving Vehicle (LRV) was a battery-powered "dune buggy" taken to the moon on Apollo missions 15, 16, and 17. Stowed on the descent stage of the Lunar Module, the LRV extended the range of astronaut EVA activities by several kilometers beyond the landing site.

During a training session at the Kennedy Space Center, Apollo 16 astronauts John W. Young and Charles M. Duke, Jr. skillfully navigated a practice version of the lunar roving vehicle across a field designed to mimic the Moon’s surface. The Lunar Roving …

Jul 30, 2021 · The debut of the lunar roving vehicle, or LRV, on the Apollo 15 mission in 1971 made a strong impression on author Earl Swift as a child. Fifty years later, he sought out the full story of the LRV’s origins, development, and traverses in his new book “Across the Airless Wilds.”

The LRV can climb over obstacle one-foot high from standing start, and cross 28-inch crevasses. The fully loaded vehicle will be able to climb and descend slopes as steep as 25 degrees.

On July 31, 1971, the Lunar Roving Vehicle (LRV) made its lunar debut. The LRV, developed my Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama, would travel just over 17 miles, logging three hours and two minutes of driving time.