The Lunar Vehicle (LV) is a variant of the OV. NASA had originally conceptualized it as basically an OV with landing legs (Image 1).
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Image 1: NASA Space Tug in the lunar lander configuration |
The lunar lander is the vehicle that will (obviously) transport humans and cargo from lunar orbit down to the lunar surface and back up again to lunar orbit (Image 2).
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Image 2: 1970's era LV lunar lander variant on the Moon |
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