lunar rover

noun

, (often initial capital letters)

1. a wire-wheeled, battery-powered vehicle used by Apollo astronauts to explore the moon's surface.

Word History and Origins

Origin of lunar rover¹

First recorded in 1970–75

Example Sentences

In the space sector, Japan will provide and operate a "pressurised lunar rover", while the US will allow two Japanese astronauts to take part in Nasa's Artemis missions and - eventually - allow a Japanese astronaut to become the first non-American to land on the moon.

From BBC

Last year, China’s Chang’e-4 mission landed a lunar rover on the far side of the moon – something that had never been done before.

From NewsForKids.net

Osinski also serves as principal investigator and scientific lead on Canada's first lunar rover, which is being designed and built by Canadensys Aerospace.

From Science Daily

For 75 hours, the astronauts moonwalked in their spacesuits and rode in a lunar rover, with humanity watching on television sets 240,000 miles away.

From New York Times

The other homesteaders, mostly engineers and technicians, seemed to enjoy outings in the lunar rover.

From Slate