<Li> 210 kg (463 lb) (on Earth) 35 kg (77 lb) (on the Moon) </Li> <P> The Lunar Roving Vehicle (LRV) or lunar rover is a battery - powered four - wheeled rover used on the Moon in the last three missions of the American Apollo program (15, 16, and 17) during 1971 and 1972 . It was popularly known as "moon buggy", a play on the words "dune buggy". </P> <P> The LRV was transported to the Moon on the Apollo Lunar Module (LM) and, once unpacked on the surface, could carry one or two astronauts, their equipment, and lunar samples . The three LRVs remain on the Moon . </P> <P> The concept of a lunar rover predated Apollo, with a 1952--1954 series in Collier's Weekly magazine by Wernher von Braun and others, "Man Will Conquer Space Soon!" In this, von Braun described a six - week stay on the Moon, featuring 10 - ton tractor trailers for moving supplies . </P>

How did nasa get the rover to the moon