How fast and far could the lunar rover travel?
The lunar rovers were designed to have enough power to travel a distance of about 40 miles and to reach speeds of up to about eleven miles per hour. The lunar rovers usually traveled at speeds up to 6 to 8 miles per hour. The Apollo 16 astronauts conducted performance tests with the lunar rover, at one time getting it up to eleven miles per hour (eighteen kilometers per hour), which still stands as the record speed for any wheeled vehicle on the Moon.
