The first car on the moon landed 50 years ago
The rover, and many other parts of the moon program, got help from automakers
Half a century ago, astronauts took a car farther off-road than any that had come before it. And only two other cars have managed to do the same. These were NASA's lunar rovers, and as The New York Times notes in its story about the anniversary, they were impressive engineering feats on their own, and they enabled more scientific exploration than would've been possible simply walking on the surface.
The first car reached the moon 50 years ago, and two more followed it
It's the 50th anniversary of NASA's first moon rover arriving on the moon. It was the first of three rovers partly developed by GM.
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