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Lunar rovers
Apollo 17In September 1970, NASA canceled the planned launch of Apollo 18. This decision sent shockwaves through the agency's crew rotation schedule.
Apollo 16On the 21st of April 1972, at 8:23:35 PM Houston time, Charles Duke stepped onto the lunar surface. He was thirty-six years old and became the youngest human…
Lunokhod programmeIn mid-1968, engineers built a one-hectare test facility near Simferopol in Crimea. This site covered 120 meters by 70 meters and contained more than 3,000…
Chandrayaan-3On the 23rd of August 2023, a box-shaped lander named Vikram touched down near the lunar south pole at 18:04 IST. This moment marked India's first soft…
Chang'e 4At 02:26 UTC on the 3rd of January 2019, a robotic lander touched down inside Von Kármán crater. This moment marked the first time any spacecraft had ever…
Lunar Roving VehicleIn 1952, Wernher von Braun published a series of articles in Collier's Weekly magazine titled "Man Will Conquer Space Soon!" These pieces described ten-ton…