Special Sub-Topic: Lunokhod Moon Rover |What does 'Lunokhod'
literally mean?| Moon walker. The 'Lunokhod' or 'moon walker'
was built under the direction Georgi Babakin of the Lavochkin
design bureau after the Institute for Tractor and Agricultural
Machinery deemed it impossible to build. It was a typically
robust Soviet design weighing in at 756 kg and was part of the
Ye-8 series of Luna exploration probes. It was originally
designed to scout potential landing sites for the planned manned
landing on the moon and act as transport for the cosmonaut to
travel to a backup LK lander in case the original one became
disabled. |How many wheels did the Lunokhod use to travel across
the lunar surface?| Eight. Despite its name, Lunokhod did not
walk across the surface but was propelled by eight independently
driven wheels. Power was supplied by storage batteries which
were recharged by solar cells. The eight wheeled chassis
supported a pressurised bathtub shaped body which contained
cameras, transmitters and scientific