BENDIX LUNAR SCIENTIFIC SURVEY MODULE APOLLO PROGRAM LUNAR ROVER PROTOTYPE ZERO-G TESTS XD47524

Want to support this channel and help us preserve old films? Visit Visit our website Dating to 1966, this film shows zero-gravity tests made in support of the Bendix LSSM, also known as the Lunar Scientific Survey Module. The single person LSSM was a forerunner of the Lunar Rover, and would be used to support a local manned survey. Intended to travel on titanium wheels at speeds up to 8 miles per hour, it was proposed for delivery with an LM Shelter. This battery-powered vehicle would have been capable of a 14 day mission, and had a proposed range of 25km per sortie. It weighed 900kg, and would have required delivery by a cargo carrying rocket before the arrival of the manned mission that would have accompanied it. In the end, the far lighter and slightly less capable Lunar Rover, which could support two men, was developed instead. At :56, a child’s bicycle is used as for comparison / baseline (with and without training wheels) in simulated zero gravity. At 4:14, a demonstration LSSM is shown in the aircraft. The tests are intended to demonstrate in part how the LSSM would react to hitting a small obstacle (as seen at 6:55). At (13:41), another round of experiments is shown with a low torque drilling tool being used by a subject in a spacesuit. We encourage viewers to add comments and, especially, to provide additional information about our videos by adding a comment! See something interesting? Tell people what it is and what they can see by writing something for example: “01:00:12:00 -- President Roosevelt is seen meeting with Winston Churchill at the Quebec Conference.“ This film is part of the Periscope Film LLC archive, one of the largest historic military, transportation, and aviation stock footage collections in the USA. Entirely film backed, this material is available for licensing in 24p HD, 2k and 4k. For more information visit