Northrop LSS Lunar Rover RV7

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Class: Manned. Type: Lunar Rover. Destination: Moon. Nation: USA. Agency: NASA. Manufacturer: Northrop.

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.

The concept had low redundancy in its mobility system.

Crew Size: 1. Mass: 11,340 kg (25,000 lb). Electrical System: see 5-70.

Bibliography:

Bendix Corporation, Lunar Surface Mobility Systems Comparison and Evolution Study (MOBEV), Five volumes, submitted under contract NAS8-20334, November 1966..

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