Manufacturer:

Boeing Aerospace  Search this

Materials:

Wheel: Zinc coated steel piano wire; titanium treads

Fender: Epoxy-impregnated fiberglass

Aluminum

Steel

Resin

Rubber

Dimensions:

3-D (Wheel): 24 × 80cm (9 7/16 × 31 1/2 in.)

3-D (Fender): 79 × 27 × 45cm (31 1/8 × 10 5/8 × 17 11/16 in.)

Type:

SPACECRAFT-Crewed-Parts & Structural Components

Country of Origin:

United States of America

Summary:

This is a spare wheel from a lunar roving vehicle (LRV). The LRV was deployed on the moon during Apollo 15, 16 and 17. The tire is made of a woven mesh of zinc-coated piano wire to which titanium treads were riveted in a chevron pattern. This pattern kept the wheels from sinking into the soft lunar soil. The lunar soil proved harder than expected and the wheel treads left tracks about half an inch deep.

Transferred to the National Air and Space Museum from the Alabama Space and Rocket Center in 1975.

Credit Line:

Transferred from the Alabama Space and Rocket Center, Huntsville, Ala.

Inventory Number:

A19750830000

Restrictions & Rights:

Usage conditions apply

See more items in:

National Air and Space Museum Collection

Location:

National Air and Space Museum in Washington, DC

Exhibition:

Destination Moon

Data Source:

National Air and Space Museum

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nv9349bf603-8a7a-4ea7-bfe0-ed1c3fdad887

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:nasm_A19750830000