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The trainer has a ground clearance of about 14 inches, pitch and roll
stability of at least 45 degrees with a full load, and a turn radius of 122
inches.
Side-by-side seating will enable either astronaut to operate the
trainer, navigating with a dead reckoning system that determines the direction
and distance between the wehicle and a simulated lunar module_ and total
distance traveled at any point during a training sortie. Apollo crews can do
their training fully suited or in shirt sleeves.
The first flight model lunar roving vehicle is planned as a major part
of the Apollo 15 lunar exploration mission_ scheduled for launch iz _uly
1971 to the Hadley Rille_ennines Range area. The LRV will be used in up
to three extravehicular activit-es (PGA) of that mission.
During the first EITA the lunar vehicle will be deployed from its folded
stowage posit_on in the lunar module's descent stage. It w_il then be taken
on a relatively short geokogieal traverse_ lasting about an hour or more.
No special EVA has been set aside just to check LRV performance; the
vehicle will fulfill scie_ce objectives on its f_rst traverse. During this
EVA the vehicle's perform_nee will be carefully monitored, however, before
committing it to a more m_itious EiA.
During the second and third EVAs the vehicle will travel between nine
and k2.5 statute miles on each traverse. One sortie is planned along Hadley
Ri!le; the other to the _0ennines Ridge_ and each sortie could extend u_ to
6 hours. Photographs will be taken and samples collected on both of these
excursions.
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