where is the lunar rover located on the moon
Lunar Roving Vehicle Four flight-ready rovers were manufactured. Three were transported to and left on the Moon via the Apollo 15, 16, and 17 missions, with the fourth rover used for spare parts on the first three following the cancellation of Apollo 18. Since only the upper stages of the lunar excursion modules could return to lunar orbit from the surface, the vehicles, along with the lower stages were abandoned. As a result, the only lunar rovers on display are test vehicles, trainers, and mock-ups.[21] The rover used on Apollo 15 was left at Hadley-Apennine ( 26°06′N 3°39′E﻿ / ﻿26.10°N 3.65°E﻿ / 26.10; 3.65﻿ (Apollo 15 Lunar Roving Vehicle at Hadley–Apennine) ). The rover used on Apollo 16 was left at Descartes ( 8°59′S 15°31′E﻿ / ﻿8.99°S 15.51°E﻿ / -8.99; 15.51﻿ (Apollo 16 Lunar Roving Vehicle at Descartes Highlands) ). The rover used on Apollo 17 was left at Taurus-Littrow ( 20°10′N 30°46′E﻿ / ﻿20.16°N 30.76°E﻿ / 20.16; 30.76﻿ (Apollo 17 Lunar Roving Vehicle at Taurus-Littrow) ) and was seen by the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter during passes in 2009 and 2011.
Luna 2 Luna 2 (E-1A series) or Lunik 2 was the second of the Soviet Union's Luna programme spacecraft launched to the Moon. It was the first spacecraft to reach the surface of the Moon, and the first man-made object to land on another celestial body.[1] On September 13, 1959, it hit the Moon's surface east of Mare Imbrium near the craters Aristides, Archimedes, and Autolycus.[2]