Questions tagged [lunar-rover]
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Are changing regolith properties under different thermal conditions a concern for the VIPER rover?
NASA's VIPER mission will send a rover to the lunar south pole, which will drive on sunlit terrain and in permanently shadowed regions (PSRs), which are among the coldest places in our solar system.
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Official source discussing the stress that Lunokhod operators were experiencing?
I came across this document mentioning the high stress that the Lunokhod operators experienced when teleoperating the rovers back in the 1970s. There is a mention that driving Lunakhod 2 was ...
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What document describes the scientific benefits of the LRV through an increase in the diversity of rocks returned by Apollo 15-17?
Logically, it makes sense that the rock samples returned by the Apollo 15-17 missions tend to be more diverse than the ones returned by previous missions. The astronauts could reach regions of ...
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Is the telemetry from the Apollo Lunar rovers available?
Are there publicly-available datasets of the telemetry from the Apollo lunar rovers? Was rover telemetry even recorded during those missions?
If such datasets exist, I would love to retrieve the (...
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How is the temperature of motors used in robotic arm and wheels maintained in a martian rover
The electronic components of the mar's rover are protected from external extreme temperatures with the help of WEB warm electronic box. But what about the motors(which is also an electronic component) ...
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