Footage from the Apollo 15 Lunar Roving Vehicle, captured by Jim Irwin using the 16mm film camera. Digitised by National Archives, enhanced by Moonpans using Topaz Video Enhance and DaVinci Resolve with synchronised mission audio | Moonpans.com

Do you remember this? That’s not CGI — it’s the real Moon. NASA’s Lunar Roving Vehicle, built by Boeing in just 18 months, carried astronauts across a world with no air, no roads, and one-sixth gravity. Every bolt, every tire, was engineered for survival. When those wheels turned, they left more than dust — they left proof of what humanity can build when curiosity meets courage. 🌕🚀 #SpaceEve #Apollo #NASA #Moon #SpaceExploration #History #Engineering #Space | SpaceEve

The Lunar Roving Vehicle (LRV) was an electric vehicle designed to operate in the low-gravity vacuum of the Moon and to be capable of traversing the lunar surface, allowing the Apollo astronauts to extend the range of their surface extravehicular activities. Three LRVs were driven on the Moon, one on Apollo 15 by astronauts David Scott and Jim Irwin, one on Apollo 16 by John Young (the one driving in this video) and Charles Duke, and one on Apollo 17 by Gene Cernan and Harrison Schmitt. Each LRV