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Look! That’s a Chevy Corvette on the moon

50 years ago, NASA put a car on the lunar surface and it was based on the iconic sportscar

Published: August 03, 2021 12:13 Sony Thomas, Senior Editor

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auto moon — Fifty years ago, on July 31, 1971, Apollo 15 became the first mission to use the Lunar Roving Vehicle. The LRV was a lightweight, electric vehicle designed to operate in the low-gravity vacuum of the Moon. It was capable of traversing the lunar surface, allowing Apollo astronauts to extend the range of their extravehicular activities. And it was based on a Chevrolet Corvette sportscar! Here you can see astronaut James B. Irwin, lunar module pilot, next to the Lunar Roving Vehicle during the first Apollo 15 lunar surface extravehicular activity (EVA) at the Hadley-Apennine landing site. Image Credit: NASA

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