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Lunar wheelbarrow
40 years ago, in July 1970, astronauts from the Apollo 14 mission (which was to blast off in January 1971) were training at the Kennedy Space Center and learning how to handle this strange “wheelbarrow” intended to help them to carry equipment and collected samples of soil and rock. This MET, Modularized Equipment Transporter, was succeeded as of the following mission by the famous, more efficient “Lunar Jeep” whose official title was: LRV - Lunar Roving Vehicle.
Credit: NASA

Apollo 14 mission (Wikipedia)

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