Lunar rover

As a Lunar Rover, a wheeled robot is referred to in the space, which can automatically or remotely make recordings and studies of the lunar surface. But even the ( manually controlled ) "moon car" of the Apollo astronauts 1971/72 was named Rover.

The first lunar rover were the two vehicles used by the Soviet Union Lunokhod 1 and 2, which in 1970 /71 and 1973 in use. The eight-wheeled vehicles were designed for three months, but worked eleven or four months. You sent numerous panoramic and thousands of television pictures, studied moon rocks and individual geological formations and fault lines.

The USA has not identified any remote-controlled robot is a moon, but those for human spaceflight. The constructed for two astronauts Lunar Roving Vehicle was used in 1971 and 1972 the Apollo missions 15, 16 and 17 to increase reach and security of the moon riders and their equipment.

The People's Republic of China in 2013 has brought the rover Yutu on board the spacecraft, Chang'e -3 to the moon.