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Surveyor 1
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- Launched
- 30 May 196614:41:01 UTC
- Last contact
- 7 Jan 1967
- Duration
- 7 months 8 days
The first American spacecraft to soft-land on the Moon, returning more than 11,000 images from Oceanus Procellarum.
Milestones
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Launch30 May 1966Lands in Oceanus Procellarum2 Jun 1966Last contact7 Jan 1967
Spacecraft
Three-legged lander with a television camera, slowed for landing by a solid retro-rocket and three vernier engines.
- Launch mass
- 986 kg
- Dry mass
- 270 kg
- Size
- 2.9 m × 2.2 m, span 4.3 m
- Power
- Solar
- Last contact
- 7 Jan 1967
- Designator
- 1966-045A
Mission details from science.nasa.gov.
