![]() ![]() Lunar rovers have existed in science fiction since the beginning of the 20 th Century. On the last mission, on Apollo 17, Gene Cernan and Jack Schmitt drove more than 22 miles, and at one point they were very close to five miles away from their lunar module.” (During) Apollo 11, Neil Armstrong, and Buzz Aldrin walked an area that was smaller than a football field you could fit all of their wanderings into a football field with a lot of yardage left over. "The first three, the astronauts were on foot (and) the final three they drove the rover. “We sent six missions up (to the moon, seven if you count Apollo 13 which never landed on the Moon)" said Swift. It’s called “Across the Airless Wilds: The Lunar Rover and the Triumph of the Final Moon Landings." "The fact is that the rover changed everything,” said Earl Swift, an author, and journalist whose new book chronicles the story of the moon mobiles. Officially called the Lunar Roving Vehicle, it was a part of the final three Apollo missions and dramatically changed those moon missions. ![]() That's what astronauts Dave Scott and Jim Irwin said as they took the first lunar rover out for a shakedown. The Eagle has landed." And of course "That's one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind." But do you remember an astronaut on the surface of the Moon saying "This is a rock and rolling ride!" In the 50 years since the Apollo missions took man to the moon there are a lot of images and sounds that have become a part of our history. ![]()
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