Lunar Roving Vehicle on the Moon
The Boeing-built Lunar Roving Vehicle transported astronauts and equipment across the Moon during the Apollo 15, 16, and 17 missions.
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Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc.This little guy can dance to the “Y.M.C.A.”Media Editor: Lee Goldstein
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Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc.The pangolin is the only mammal in the world covered in scales.
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Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc.John Dalton and the development of the atomic theory.
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© Open University (A Britannica Publishing Partner)A discussion of the Nice model (named for Nice, France) of the formation of the orbital structure of the outer planets and the Kuiper belt. The Nice model also accounts for the age of some Moon rocks.
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© Open University (A Britannica Publishing Partner)An overview of Apollo 11's landing on the Moon, including the continuing scientific study of the rock specimens collected during the mission.
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NASA/Dryden Research Aircraft Movie CollectionAt NASA's Dryden Flight Research Center in California, test flights of the X-15 rocket-powered airplane, the M2-F1 “lifting body” reentry vehicle, and the LLRV (Lunar Landing Research Vehicle) during the 1960s contributed vital information to the U.S. space program.
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Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc.History of the American human spaceflight program in the 1960s.
