lunar rover
noun(often initial capital letters)U.S. Aerospace.
a wire-wheeled, battery-powered vehicle used by Apollo astronauts to explore the moon's surface.
Origin of lunar rover
1First recorded in 1970–75
- Also called lunar roving vehicle.
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How to use lunar rover in a sentence
Yet the lunar rover—or, in NASA parlance, the lunar roving vehicle, or LRV—upended all expectations of what was possible in a brief visit to another world.
Smaller solar power satellites, like those designed to power lunar rovers, could be operational even sooner.
Solar Power Stations in Space Could Be the Answer to Our Energy Needs | Amanda Jane Hughes | November 27, 2020 | Singularity Hub
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