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60 Years Ago: Lunar Landing Research Vehicle Takes Flight

60 Years Ago: Lunar Landing Research Vehicle Takes Flight

NASA pilot Joe Walker sits in the pilot’s platform of the Lunar Landing Research Vehicle (LLRV) number 1 on Oct. 30, 1964. The LLRV and its successor the Lunar Landing Training Vehicle (LLTV) provided the training tool to simulate the final 200 feet of the descent to the Moon’s surface. The LLRVs, humorously referred to as flying bedsteads, […]

Published by NASA on 10/30/2024

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Ken & Judy O
Ken & Judy O' Neill
6 days ago

Those were the days ..Neil Armstrong flew one of these for testing purposes ….for Apollo 11.