The incredible story of two small robots sent by the Soviets to the moon. Designed in secrecy by Soviet laboratories in the 1960's, this is one of the greatest technological achievements in the history of the USSR. With former USSR space archives, along with recollections by several of the key participants in the Lunokhod program, the true story of the Russian lunar robots, can finally be told!
Nicolas Vanier undertook a 5,000-mile odyssey across frigid yet varied landscapes fom the mountains of Mongolia to Lake Baykal to the Siberian tundra. The adventure lasted 18 months, during wich Vanier and his team confronted some of the most hostile regions on the globe, finally reaching the Arctic ice cap. Throughout this amazing itinerary, only traditional mean of transportation were used to advance across the various types of difficult terrain encountered.