Lunar Roving Vehicle
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![Apollo 16 astronauts in the Earth trainer](/Images/godic/202501/25/Moon_Buggy_Ap16-KSC-71PC-7775804.jpg")
![Comparison of distances driven by various wheeled vehicles on the surface of Earth's moon and Mars](/Images/godic/202501/25/Driving_Distances_on_Mars_and_the_Moon5804.png")
![John Young works at the LRV near the LM Orion on Apollo 16 in April 1972.](/Images/godic/202501/25/Apollo_16_LM_Orion5805.jpg")
The Lunar Roving Vehicle (LRV) or lunar rover was a battery-powered four-wheeled rover used on the Moon in the last three missions of the American Apollo program (15, 16, and 17) during 1971 and 1972. It was popularly known as the moon buggy, a play on the phrase "dune buggy".