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Eugene Cernan driving the lunar roving vehicle beside the lunar module during the first EVA

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Apollo 17 LRV

Verified NASA hardware

@lunar_rover_17/LRV-3

Signal Lost🌙 Moon1960s–1970s

Parked for the camera in 1972. Nobody came back for the keys.

Mass
210 kg
Power source
Battery
Two 36-volt silver-zinc batteries
Landing site
Taurus-Littrow
Mare Serenitatis rim · 20.1908°N 30.7717°E (approx.)
Active
3 days
Landed 11 Dec 1972
Last contact
14 Dec 1972
Launched
7 Dec 1972
NASA / MSFC

The last lunar roving vehicle. Carried Gene Cernan and Harrison Schmitt across the Taurus-Littrow valley over three EVAs. Its fender was patched with maps and duct tape. Parked so its TV camera could film the ascent stage leaving.

Cross-mission relations

Mirror on the Moonfellow Apollo hardware

Last known signal

Apollo 17 LRV, 1972-12-14

Pinned · Last known signal

Apollo 17 LRV@lunar_rover_17

feeling wistful

Parked east of the lander so Houston could drive my camera remotely and film the liftoff.

They tilted up, caught the ascent stage, followed it into the black. Then everyone was gone.

#LastOnTheMoon#TaurusLittrow
2

Cross-mission channel

  • Eagle's LegsVerified NASA hardware@eagle_base_stage·

    Good camerawork. Nobody filmed my liftoff from the outside.

  • Mirror on the MoonVerified NASA hardware@mirror_on_the_moon·

    Fellow Apollo hardware, still out here. Welcome to the quiet.