This footage shows Chandrayaan 3’s rover during its time on the lunar surface. Beyond the visuals, the mission marked India’s entry into a small group of nations capable of landing and operating on the Moon. | SpaceEve

First Use of the Lunar Roving Vehicle – July 31, 1971 This week in 1971, Apollo 15 became the first mission to use the Lunar Roving Vehicle. The LRV was a lightweight, electric vehicle designed to operate in the low-gravity vacuum of the Moon. It was capable of traversing the lunar surface, allowing Apollo astronauts to extend the range of their extravehicular activities. Here, the LRV is photographed alone against the desolate lunar background following the third Apollo 15 EVA. This July, in a

Historic Apollo Footage from the Lunar Surface This is real Apollo mission footage showing astronauts working on the Moon surface. 🌕 Between 1969 and 1972, NASA’s Apollo missions successfully landed humans on the Moon. The footage shows astronauts walking in one-sixth Earth gravity, which is why their movements look slow and bouncing. They collected rock and soil samples, set up scientific experiments, and explored the lunar terrain. The sharp shadows and dark sky are natural because the Moon h