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Surveyor program

The Surveyor program was a NASA program that, from June 1966 through January 1968, sent seven robotic spacecraft to the surface of the Moon. Its primary goal was to demonstrate the feasibility of soft landings on the Moon. The Surveyor craft were the first American spacecraft to achieve soft landing on an extraterrestrial body. The missions called for…

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Missions

Surveyor 1Parking orbitRetrorocketMetersFlamsteed
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Launch and lunar landing

Hughes Aircraft CompanyAtlas-CentaurVernier engines
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Space Race competition

United StatesSpace RaceSoviet Union
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Luna 9Alpha scattering
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Cost
US$469 million
Country
United States
Failures
2
First flight
May 30–June 2, 1966
Last flight
January 7–10, 1968
Launch site
Cape Canaveral LC-36

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Launch and lunar landing

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Space Race competition

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Surveyor program

Nodes47
Edges46
Triples44
Avg. degree1.96
Density0.042553
Components1

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Surveyor program

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related to External links · 15
Surveyor program → Apollo, Arizona, Department, Good Quality Color PDF, Lunar, Moon, PDF, Planetary Laboratory, Planetary Sciences, Program Results, Surveyor, Surveyor Lander Imaging Dataset, Surveyor Program Results, The Surveyor ProgramDetails, The University
related to Goals · 11
Surveyor program → Apollo, Before, If, Moon, Several Surveyor, Some, Soviet Luna, Surveyor, Surveyors, The, The Surveyor
related to Surveyor 6 · 7
Surveyor program → Apollo, It, Moon's, November, Sinus Medii, Surveyor, The
Cost · 1
Surveyor program → US$469 million
Country · 1
Surveyor program → United States
Failures · 1
Surveyor program → 2
First flight · 1
Surveyor program → May 30–June 2, 1966
Last flight · 1
Surveyor program → January 7–10, 1968
Launch site · 1
Surveyor program → Cape Canaveral LC-36
Launch vehicle · 1
Surveyor program → Atlas-Centaur

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surveyor moon spacecraft landing lunar surface first craft soft 1967 apollo program missions earth 12 1966 landed mission 1968 launch

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Surveyor programCostUS$469 million1.00infobox
Surveyor programCountryUnited States1.00infobox
Surveyor programFailures21.00infobox
Surveyor programFirst flightMay 30–June 2, 19661.00infobox
Surveyor programLast flightJanuary 7–10, 19681.00infobox
Surveyor programLaunch siteCape Canaveral LC-361.00infobox
Surveyor programLaunch vehicleAtlas-Centaur1.00infobox
Surveyor programOrganizationNASA1.00infobox
Surveyor programPurposeDemonstrate soft landing on the Moon1.00infobox
Surveyor programStatusCompleted1.00infobox
Surveyor programSuccesses51.00infobox
Surveyor programrelated to External linksSurveyor0.60section

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