Specific rovers hold the record for the fastest travel on the surface of an extraterrestrial body
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Reference material documents that specific rovers, specifically the Apollo Lunar Roving Vehicle, hold the record for the fastest travel on an extraterrestrial surface.
# What is the fastest rover that has ever traveled on the surface of an extra-terrestrial body?
Tags: rovers, travel, record, velocity
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- Asked by: Cornelis (7603 rep)
- Asked: 2018-07-14
- Edited: 2018-07-15
- Site: space
## Question
What is the fastest rover currently moving on the surface of another celestial body? At what speed with our technology currently does physics restrict our speed limits on the surfaces of solar system bodies?
## Answers
### Answer by SF. (score: 18)
The manned Apollo Lunar Roving Vehicle from Apollo 17 holds the record of 17km/h achieved by Eugene Cernan. Apollo Lunar Roving Vehicle was also present on Apollo 15 and 16.
For traditionally understood rovers - unmanned mobile landers, the fastest historically would be Lunokhod 1 and 2, capable of 2km/h.
At current time only two rovers are still active and operational: Curiosity: 0.14 km/h and Opportunity: 0.18 km/h.
Let's add for the record: Yutu: 0.2 km/h, Spirit, same as Opportunity: 0.18 km/h, Sojourner: 0.024 km/h. I believe this is the complete list of rovers that actually drove over the surface of remote celestial bodies to date.
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