By the time NASA's Apollo Program came to a close in December 1972, six crews of astronauts, six Apollo command modules, and more than 800 pounds of Moon rocks and lunar soil had been brought back to Earth. Apollo's Lunar Leftovers. The Chang'e 4 moon lander and its bunny rover buddy are still gazing across the desolate, magnificent lunar surface. 06.28.04 . The lunar rover was never returned to Earth...it still sits on the Moon today and probably will for many years to come. The lunar rover has a productive life of nearly three lunar days (or it can travel a distance of 92 kilometres). The mission's rover… China's Chang'e-4 lunar rover, Yutu-2, has discovered an unusually colored 'gel-like' substance during its exploration activities on the far side of the moon. Every lunar rover that has been sent to the Moon is still there, since it would be extremely expensive to bring them back to Earth. Besides the 2019 Chinese rover Yutu-2 the only artificial objects on the Moon that are still … China's lunar rover delivers bewitching new views of the far side of the moon. But some things were intentionally left behind. Image to left: The Eagle has landed. It has been unable to move since January 2014, near the end of its second month on the lunar surface, but … Since it has not been used after its mission, it might have … The Lunar Roving Vehicle (LRV) was an electric vehicle designed to operate in the low-gravity vacuum of the Moon and to be capable of traversing the lunar surface, allowing the Apollo astronauts to extend the range of their surface extravehicular activities. China's Chang'e-4 lunar rover has discovered an unusually colored, 'gel-like' substance during its exploration activities on the far side of the moon. Of … NASA has just released the image , from Feb. 1. This includes three Apollo Lunar Roving Vehicles, two robotic Луноход / Lunokhod rovers, and one robotic 玉兔 / Yùtù rover. China's first moon lander Chang'e 3 carrying the Yutu rover successfully touched down on the lunar surface Saturday (Dec. 14), a historic feat for China space program. This includes three Apollo Lunar Roving Vehicles, two robotic Луноход / Lunokhod rovers, and one robotic 玉兔 / Yùtù rover. The Apollo 15 rover is still on the Moon, just like all the other objects that the astronauts left behind. Of all of these, only the Yutu is operational. China’s latest robotic expedition to the lunar surface is being watched by an American spacecraft orbiting the moon. Every lunar rover that has been sent to the Moon is still there, since it would be extremely expensive to bring them back to Earth.