- Lunar Electric Rover (LER) Photo Gallery

- Interactive LER Viewer

- Awesome conceptual animation

- LER Simulator

- Multiple difficulty levels

This app developed for the Apple iPhone and iPod Touch will facilitate users to gain an insight as to what it would be like to be involved in a lunar mission. Here, you can drive the Lunar Electric Rover around a Lunar Outpost and carry out a variety of tasks to help support the mission.

This includes transporting supplies to and from different locations. Again, whilst navigating the tricky terrain, users must closely monitor their power levels to ensure they don’t get stranded away from the docking station. Who knows, perhaps your skills honed here, courtesy this Lunar Electric Rover Simulator will go on to become a major part of the NASA Astronaut application process in the future.

NASA has been very clear about the iPhone app it wanted to develop. The primary intention is to come up with an application that is more than just an information source, but a cool game where in spite of a very basic version is enthralling alongside educating the users.

The most interesting aspect of NASA Lunar Electric Rover app is that the Rover is based around a prototype being tested at the Black Point Lava Flow in Arizona. This ‘real’ Rover was a part of the NASA Constellation solar system exploration plan before it was discontinued.

NASA has come of age and this latest technological initiative is a bold attempt by NASA to try and engage in new media. Besides, being active on social networking media like Twitter, it has also made its presence felt with other educational applications that allows users to explore the moon’s surface.