Lunar Roving Vehicle (LRV) in action during the Apollo 16 mission in April 1972. This video shows astronauts John Young and Charles Duke driving the rover across the Moon’s surface, exploring craters, collecting samples, and making history as only a handful of humans have done. Apollo 16 was the fifth mission to land humans on the Moon, and this footage really brings the mission to life — showing the mobility and excitement of lunar exploration beyond static photos. Imagine riding a rover in the

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