Posted on January 21, 2016
The primary objectives of the Surveyor program, were to support the Apollo landings by: (1) developing and validating the technology for landing softly on the Moon; (2) providing data on the compatibility of the Apollo design with conditions encounte...
6-Astronauts Pay a Visit to Surveyor 3
5-Photomosaic of a panorama taken by Surveyor 7 of its landing site
4-Surveyor 6 on the Plains of Sinus Medii
3-Wide-angle picture of the northwest wall of the Surveyor 5 crater
2-Surveyor_4_launch
1-Photograph of the Surveyor 3 spacecraft resting on the surface of the Moon, taken by Apollo 12 astronauts
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Posted on August 14, 2014
In the 1960s, during the cold war, the US and Soviet Union turned their attention to the moon. The question was, who could place a man on the moon and return him safely to the earth first? Obtaining the necessary data on the moon to risk sending a pe...
First_View_of_Earth_from_Moon
lunar_orbiter1
Surveyor_1_shadow_lunarsurface
Surveyor_1_Foot_Pad on the moon
Surveyor_1_launch with Atlas Centar
surveyor 1 mockup_beach
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