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The car that unfolded a bigger adventure

told by Apollo 15 Rover

The car that unfolded a bigger adventure

Told by Apollo 15 Rover

Chapters
8
Reading
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I arrived folded against a lunar lander. Then two astronauts opened my chassis, tested my wheels, and drove toward rocks they could not have explored so easily on foot. My story ends on the Moon—but the samples came home.

Chapters

Each chapter is one true event. Start anywhere.

  1. 01A car in a cupboardDesigning and stowing a folding lunar vehicle before Apollo 15
  2. 02The wheels unfoldLaunch on 26 July, Falcon landing on 30 July, and rover deployment on 31 July 1971
  3. 03Another way to steerFirst-EVA front steering fault and rear-steering operation on 31 July 1971
  4. 04The seatbelt passengerSample 15016's reported collection during the first traverse's return
  5. 05Uphill to a white rockRestored front steering and the second traverse on 1 August 1971
  6. 06A wall with layersThird traverse to Hadley Rille on 2 August 1971
  7. 07Parked to watchFinal parking and television coverage of Falcon's ascent on 2 August 1971
  8. 08The wheels stayed. The clues travelled.The rover's scientific record and later study of the returned samples

About this book

Apollo 15 Rover tells its own story in an imagined voice. Those lines are retellings, not quotations. The events, dates and numbers come from the mission records listed here, and each chapter links its own sources as you read.

The machine illustration is AI-made. Photos are from the NASA Image and Video Library and are credited where they appear.

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