Editing Marshall Space Flight Center (section)

=====Lunar exploration=====
[[File:Lunar Roving Vehicle Mobility Test Article Dress Test.jpg|thumb|[[Lunar Roving Vehicle]] test article on test track]]
There were six Apollo missions that landed on the Moon: [[Apollo 11]], [[Apollo 12|12]], [[Apollo 14|14]], [[Apollo 15|15]], [[Apollo 16|16]], and [[Apollo 17|17]]. [[Apollo 13]] had been intended as a landing, but only circled the Moon and returned to Earth after an oxygen tank ruptured and crippled power in the CSM. Except for Apollo 11, all of the missions carried an [[Apollo Lunar Surface Experiments Package]] (ALSEP), composed of equipment for seven scientific experiments plus a central remote control station with a [[radioisotope thermoelectric generator]] (RTG). Scientists from MSFC were among the co-investigators.{{citation_needed|date=July 2019}}

The [[Lunar Roving Vehicle]] (LRV), popularly known as the "Moon Buggy," was developed at MSFC to provide transportation for exploring a limited amount of the Moon's surface. Not intended in the original planning, by 1969 it became clear that an LRV would be needed to maximize the scientific returns. An LRV was carried on the last three missions, allowing an area similar in size to Manhattan Island to be explored. Outbound they carried an ALSEP to be set up; on the return trip, they carried more than 200 pounds of lunar rock and soil samples. [[Saverio "Sonny" Morea]] was the LRV project manager at MSFC.<ref>Morea, Saverio F; [http://history.msfc.nasa.gov/lunar/LRV_Historical_Perspective.pdf "The Lunar Roving Vehicle – Historical Perspective"] {{Webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120320195005/http://history.msfc.nasa.gov/lunar/LRV_Historical_Perspective.pdf |date=2012-03-20 }}</ref>