The last time anyone drove on the Moon was way back in 1972 when the astronauts of Apollo 17 took the Lunar Roving ... include taking an all-new lunar rover with it, and it's just started testing ...

Apollo 17's astronauts spent a record 22 hours performing extravehicular activities on the moon. The astronauts drove about 21 miles (34 kilometers) in the lunar rover and brought back 108 ...

The set includes a displayable model version of the lunar rover module carried by Apollo 17, plus three attachable equipment sets," reads Lego's website. A natural follow-up to Lego's earlier ...

Lego designers have done it again. One of the newest sets from the Technic team is a detailed recreation of the Apollo 17 lunar rover, which allowed the astronauts to travel the farthest distance ...

Apollo 17 launched on Dec. 7 at 12:33 a.m., pushing ... After offloading the lunar rover, Cernan caught his hammer under the right-rear fender extension, accidentally breaking it off.

But even as public interest waned, Apollo 17 was NASA’s last chance to demonstrate ... Cernan and Schmitt set out across the valley in their lunar rover for the South Massif, roughly 5 miles ...

"So the lunar rover has the most accurate detail I think ... in response to the needs to the mission, especially on Apollo 17. Krøigaard's attention to the finer points resulted in a replica ...

And the rover still had to carry two astronauts ... though the maximum distance ever traveled on an LRV was 22.3 miles during Apollo 17. Lunar Roving Vehicle (LRV) NASA The craft was controlled ...

Astronaut Harrison Schmitt drives a rover on the lunar surface during the Apollo 17 mission in December 1972. They found the field angle matched exactly what they predicted it should be if the ...

In total, the Apollo 17 lunar rover traveled about 30 kilometers over dangerous terrain. The main danger, apart from being in the vacuum of space, came from the worry that the rover would fall ...

The Apollo 15 lunar rover vehicle (LRV ... Three LRV’s were used during Apollo missions (Apollo 15, 16 and 17) in the 1970s. During Apollo 15, the LRV was driven for just over three hours ...