GREENBELT, Md., July 12 (UPI) -- A Soviet-era lunar rover went 3 miles farther on the moon 40 years ago than previously thought, images from a NASA moon orbiter have confirmed.
Images from NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter confirmed the distance traveled by the Lunokhod 2 rover as 26 miles rather than the 23 miles previously thought, meaning the Soviet rover still holds the distance record for driving on the surface of a celestial body other than Earth.