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Bendix Manned Lunar Vehicle
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The Bendix Manned Lunar Vehicle was a lunar rover design of November 1961. The vehicle had 4 wheels and a range of 400 km with a crew of 3 on a 14 day traverse.
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Bendix Lunar Logistic System
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The Bendix Lunar Logistic System was a lunar rover design of January 1963. The vehicle had 4 wheels with alternative front or all-wheel steering and a range of 800 km with a crew of 3 on a 14 day traverse.
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Boeing LES Rover
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The Boeing Lunar Exploration Systems lunar rover design of November 1963 was for a multipurpose rover with a range of 480 km with a crew of 2 on a 8 day traverse. The cabin had a volume of 4.95 cubic meters.
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Grumman LSS Project 344 Rover - 1 man
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The Grumman Lunar Logistics System Project 344 single-crew rover of January 1963 had 2 x two-wheeled power modules. Each wheel was 360 cm in diameter, and the rover had a range of 300 km on a 3.3 day traverse.
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Grumman LSS Project 344 Rover - 2 man
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The Grumman Lunar Logistics System Project 344 two-man rover design of January 1963 consisted of the basic vehicle, a manned module, and a tanker. This provided a range of 370 km on a 7 day traverse.
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Grumman LSS Project 344 Rover - 2 man 3 kW
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The Grumman Lunar Logistics System Project 344 alternate three-crew lunar rover design of February 1963 vehicle had three x two wheeled modules. The rover would have a range of 770 km on a 23.5 day traverse. The cabin had a volume of 9.72 cubic meters.
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Grumman LSS Project 344 Rover - 3 man
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The Grumman Lunar Logistics System Project 344 three-man lunar rover design of January 1963 used a 3 module vehicle. It had a range of 2340 km on a 28 day traverse.
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L5-1963
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The L-5 Heavy Lunar Self-Propelled Craft would be used for extended manned reconnaissance of the lunar surface. It was described in a 23 September 1963 letter setting out the space exploration plan for 1965 to 1975. With a maximum speed of 20 km/hour, it would provide living accommodation for three cosmonauts and 3,500 kg of provisions. The crews themselves would be landed on the moon using the L-3 complex.
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Lunar Logistic System 13.7 kW
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This NASA Lunar Logistic System lunar rover design of March 1963 had 4 wheels, rigidly mounted, and a range of 450 km with a crew of 2 on a 30 day traverse. The cabin had a volume of 9.72 cubic meters.
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Lunar Logistic System 6 kW
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This NASA Lunar Logistic System lunar rover design of March 1963 had 4 wheel unit, each wheel 1.3 m in diameter and 20 cm wide. It had a range of 370 km with a crew of 2 on a 7 day traverse. The cabin had a volume of 4.25 cubic meters.
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Northrop LSS Lunar Rover RV-1A
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The Northrop Lunar Logistic System RV-1A crewed rover of January 1963 had 4 tracks and a range of 2900 km on a 27 day traverse. The rover was designed to perform scientific missions, and functioned as a tractor with a separate mobile shelter unit.
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Northrop LSS Lunar Rover RV5
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This Northrop Lunar Logistic System design of January 1963 was a 3 wheel open cart and had a range of 30 km with a crew of 2. It could also tow the RV6 50 kg, 2 to 4 wheeled dolly or trailer.
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Northrop LSS Lunar Rover RV7
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The Northrop Lunar Logistic System RV7 was a lunar rover design of January 1963. The one-crew vehicle was designed for scooping and dozing operations.
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Northrop LSS Lunar Rover RV8
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The Northrop Lunar Logistic System RV8 was a lunar rover design of January 1963. Dual single-crew vehicles were designed to be operated separately or together as a system.
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Lunar Leaper
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One of the many bizarre modes for lunar transportation proposed in the early 1960's.
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Northrop ALSS Rover
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Northrop completed Molab Studies under a Apollo Logistic Support Systems contract in March 1964. Alternate cabin designs were considered, but all had an internal chassis and a range of 400 km with a crew of 2 on a 14 day traverse.
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Northrop Molab
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The Northrop Molab lunar rover design of March 1964 had 4 wheels, each a flexible torus or controlled flexible disc. It could accommodate a crew of 2 on a 14 day traverse.
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Bendix ALSS Rover
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The Bendix ALSS Payloads lunar rover design of June 1965 had a range of 400 km with a crew of 2 on a 14 day traverse. A variety of configurations were studied in detail.
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Bendix LSSM
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The Bendix LSSM lunar rover design of October 1965 had 4 wheels. and a range of 400 km with a crew of 2 on a 14 day traverse.
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Bendix Molab
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The Bendix Molab lunar rover design of June 1965 had 4 wheels and a range of 400 km with a crew of 2 on a 14 day traverse. The cabin had a volume of 12.8 cubic meters.
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Boeing LSSM
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The Boeing LSSM lunar rover design of June 1965 had 4 wheels of 1.2 or 1.6 m diameter. and a range of 200 km with a crew of 2 on a 14 day traverse.
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Lunar Worm
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The Aeronutronic Division of Philco Corp. proposed the unique Lunar Worm Planetary Roving Vehicle Concept in 1966. This was a bellows-concept mobile vehicle which could 'inch' its way across almost any kind of lunar surface. Design studies were made of the concept as applied to a small unmanned vehicle, a supply vehicle, a small lunar shelter, and a large lunar shelter.
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MOBEV R1B
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Early manned operations would utilize the basic Apollo LM or an augmented version of it. The augmented version would a small mobility unit. The mobility unit was dependent upon the shelter for recharge capability and could accommodate a single astronaut plus a small scientific payload.
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MOBEV R1CB
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The MOBEV R1CB Base Support Vehicle -- Special Purpose was a manned lunar tractor, which provided base support capability in terms of earth moving, towing, and general utility within close proximity of the base.
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MOBEV R1DE
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The MOBEV R1DE recommended Lunar Station Vehicle was a Cabined LSSM, a manned exploration vehicle designed to provide a shirt-sleeve (open spacesuit faceplate) environment.
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MOBEV R2C(1)E
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The MOBEV R2C(1)E manned Mobile Laboratory Vehicle (MOLAB) was to be used for exploration of the moon. The MOLAB provided complete life support capabilities for its two-man crew during a 14-day, 400-km mission.
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MOBEV R3DE
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The MOBEV R3DE Extended Traverse Vehicle was a 90-Day MOBEX, a manned mobile laboratory used for exploration of the moon. The vehicle provided complete life support capabilities for its 3-man crew during a 90-day, 3425-km mission.
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MOBEV RIB(1)E
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The MOBEV RIB(1)E recommended Lunar Station Vehicle was a Greater Versatility LSSM, an exploration vehicle designed for both manned and unmanned operation.
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MOCAN
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The MOCAN was a manned Lunar Rover using the planned Boeing pressurized Apollo Multipurpose Mission Module (CAN) as the basic structure and MOLAB wheels
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MOCOM
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Third generation versions of the CM were studied by North American in 1966 to further modify a CM shelter to provide mobility. Essentially the CM was mounted on a four-wheel chassis.
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MOLEM
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Third generation versions of LM derivative equipment were studied by Grumman in a report delivered on 10 May 1966. The LM shelter was further modified to become a mobile shelter (MOLEM); thereby eliminating the need for a separate lunar roving vehicle (LRV).
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Molab
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The moderate capacity mobile laboratory (MOLAB) concept was studied in two NASA/MT contracts to determine configurations and capabilities of vehicles in the 2950 to 3850 kg class. Designed for delivery by the LM Truck, MOLAB was to be capable of surviving six months quiescent storage on the lunar surface, and then be activated to support two men in a pressurized cabin on a 14-day mission with a 7-day stay time contingency in a stationary mode.
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LSSM
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The Bendix Local Science Survey Module was a forerunner of the Lunar Rover. The LSSM was a small size vehicle used to support a local manned survey. It was proposed for delivery with an LM Shelter. The typical, one-man configuration weighed in the order of 450 kg, was battery powered and had a total range capability of 200 km per mission. The crew sat in an open cockpit.
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Apollo LRV
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The Apollo Lunar Roving Vehicle was one of those sweet pieces of hardware that NASA and its contractors seemed to be able to develop so effortlessly during the short maturity of the Apollo program. The collapsible 208 kg battery-powered rover could take two astronauts, 55 kg of scientific equipment, and 27 kg of lunar samples over a cumulative distance of 92 kilometers during one lunar day. The Lunar Rover was the only piece of equipment from NASA's ambitious post-Apollo lunar exploration plans to actually fly in space.
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DLB Lunokhod 1
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One of several conceptual models of Lunokhod or Marsokhod pressurized surface rovers planned for Soviet moon or Mars expeditions.
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DLB Lunokhod 2
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One of several conceptual models of Lunokhod or Marsokhod pressurized surface rovers planned for Soviet moon or Mars expeditions.
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DLB Lunokhod 3
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One of several conceptual models of Lunokhod or Marsokhod pressurized surface rovers planned for Soviet moon or Mars expeditions.
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LSV
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The Lunar Sortie Vehicle (LSV), was a North American Rockwell design of 1971, conceived as a railroad train without the rails. The LSV consisted of three pressurized units and several unpressurized power, utility/equipment trailers
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Lunokhod LEK
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Lunar rover for the Vulkan Lunar Expedition. The rover provided pressurized quarters for 2 crew, allowing trips up to 200 km from the lunar base at a top speed of 5 km/hr.
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LOTRAN
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The LOTRAN (LOcal TRANsportation) two-crew rover was the unpressurized lunar rover intended for local base operations in NASA's 90-Day-Study moon base concept of 1989.
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MOSAP
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MOSAP (MObile Surface APplication traverse vehicle) was the pressurized lunar rover that was the key to NASA's 90-Day-Study moon base concept of 1989. It would greatly extend the range of manned lunar expeditions. MOSAP had a maximum range of 3000 km with a nominal speed of 10 kph.
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Daylight Rover
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The Daylight Rover was a Boeing concept of 1990, which consisted of two separate pressure vessels. The forward served as the driving station, and the rear served as a storm shelter and EVA airlock. Two manipulating arms at the front of the rover performed most of the geological sampling and collecting, thereby minimizing the actual EVA required.
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DMLRV
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The JPL Dual Mode Lunar Roving Vehicle (DMLRV) of 1990 extended a concept developed during Apollo, where it was recognized that the rovers used to transport the crew could also be used as a telerobotic platform after the crew departure. One way of providing surface transportation for early crewed missions was to include in the robotic exploration program a dual use rover.
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Light Utility Rover
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In 1990, Boeing Advanced Civil Space Systems performed an Advanced Civil Space Systems Piloted Rover Technology Assessment Study, which considered both a large pressurized and a small unpressurized rover. The smaller, Light Utility Rover, would provide 8 hours life support for 2 crew members.
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Mega Rover
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The Mega Rover was conceived to support a crew of six over thousands of kilometers of traverses. Variants had masses as great as 45 metric tons, exclusive of the descent and landing system. The large size of the rover was designed to allow a majority of the exploration to be conducted without leaving the rover, thus minimizing the dust issue.
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PLR
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A May 1992 USRA study by students at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University sketched out a design for a Pressurized Lunar Rover (PLR).
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Pressurized Lunar Rover - Dual Hull
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An alternate April 1992 USRA study by students at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University sketched out a design for a Pressurized Lunar Rover (PLR) using dual hulls.
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Rover First
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Boeing updated their Apollo-era MOLAB pressurized rover concept in 1992. The concept, dubbed "Rover First," was smaller than the traditional pressurized rovers, and did not require a separate landing vehicle.
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Lunar Polar Rover
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Pressurized rover concept for a hypothetical lunar polar mission.
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MSTS
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University of Texas at Austin concept for an inflatable pressurized lunar rover using parabolic space trusses to suspend the passenger cabin and join it to independently powered and remotely controllable wheel trucks. This allowed multiple configurations and ease of system assembly.
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Habot
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The Habot (Habitat Robot) modules would land on six articulated legs, which also provided the locomotion. These walking modules could operate autonomously or in a teleoperation mode. The modules could be combined to form a multi-module pressurized lunar base.
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Morphlab
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Morphlab (Modular Roving Planetary Habitat, Laboratory, and Base) was a lunar exploration system proposed by the University of Maryland. It was composed of several modules that would land and assemble autonomously, forming a long duration manned base. Once the manned phase was complete, the modules would disassemble and move autonomously to an alternate lunar site, up to 1000 km away.
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