Lunar Roving Vehicle Qualification Test Unit was a non-flight development vehicle built by Boeing for NASA to test the design used on Apollo 15, 16, and 17 missions. The battery-powered rover was stowed on the Lunar Module descent stage and operated on the Moon using a hand controller. After structural testing, NASA transferred the unit to a museum in 1975. The archival photograph documents the rover’s frame and mobility systems.

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