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Surveyor

Program: Surveyor. Objective: Planetary. Type: Lunar. Overview: Jet Propulsion Laboratory's Surveyor series soft-landed on the moon, provided images of the lunar surface, and tested the characteristics of the lunar soi. Major Events: .

11 July 1960 Surveyor project starts. More details Summary: NASA selected Hughes, North American, Space Technology Laboratory, and McDonnell to study designs for the first lunar soft-landing spacecraft.
27 November 1963 Atlas Centaur 2 Spacecraft: Surveyor. Mass: 4,620 kg. Launch Site: Cape Canaveral . Launch Vehicle: Atlas Centaur LV-3C . More details Summary: Launch vehicle test. Launch vehicle put payload into geosynchronous transfer orbit.
11 December 1964 Centaur AC-4 Spacecraft: Surveyor. Launch Site: Cape Canaveral . Launch Vehicle: Atlas Centaur LV-3C . More details
11 December 1964 Atlas Centaur 4 Spacecraft: Surveyor. Mass: 2,944 kg. Launch Site: Cape Canaveral . Launch Vehicle: Atlas Centaur LV-3C . More details Summary: Launch vehicle test. Launch vehicle put dummy Surveyor payload into geosynchronous transfer orbit.
02 March 1965 Centaur AC-5 Spacecraft: Surveyor. Launch Site: Cape Canaveral . Launch Vehicle: Atlas Centaur LV-3C . More details
02 March 1965 Centaur AC-5 Spacecraft: Surveyor. Mass: 951 kg. Launch Site: Cape Canaveral . Launch Vehicle: Atlas Centaur LV-3C . More details Summary: Launch vehicle test. Launch vehicle was to have put payload into geosynchronous transfer orbit.
11 August 1965 Surveyor; Atlas Centaur 6 Spacecraft: Surveyor. Mass: 950 kg. Launch Site: Cape Canaveral . Launch Vehicle: Atlas Centaur LV-3C . More details Summary: Surveyor model launched dummy Surveyor payload into a barycentric / translunar orbit.
11 August 1965 Centaur AC-6 Launch Site: Cape Canaveral . Launch Vehicle: Atlas Centaur LV-3C . More details
08 April 1966 Surveyor Model Spacecraft: Surveyor. Mass: 784 kg. Launch Site: Cape Canaveral . Launch Vehicle: Atlas Centaur LV-3C . More details Summary: Launch vehicle test. Payload was dummy Surveyor spacecraft.
08 April 1966 Centaur AC-8 Launch Site: Cape Canaveral . Launch Vehicle: Atlas Centaur LV-3C . More details
30 May 1966 Surveyor 1 Spacecraft: Surveyor. Mass: 269 kg. Launch Site: Cape Canaveral . Launch Vehicle: Atlas Centaur LV-3C . More details Summary: Soft landed on Moon; transmitted 11,150 images of lunar surface.
20 September 1966 Surveyor 2 Spacecraft: Surveyor. Mass: 292 kg. Launch Site: Cape Canaveral . Launch Vehicle: Atlas Centaur LV-3C . More details Summary: Soft lunar landing attempt failed.
25 October 1966 Surveyor Model; Atlas Centaur 9 Spacecraft: Surveyor. Mass: 951 kg. Launch Site: Cape Canaveral . Launch Vehicle: Atlas Centaur LV-3C . More details Summary: Launch vehicle test. Launch vehicle put Surveyor spacecraft payload into geosynchronous transfer orbit.
26 October 1966 Centaur D AC-9 Launch Site: Cape Canaveral . Launch Vehicle: Atlas Centaur LV-3C . More details
17 April 1967 Surveyor 3 Spacecraft: Surveyor. Mass: 283 kg. Launch Site: Cape Canaveral . Launch Vehicle: Atlas Centaur LV-3C . More details Summary: Soft landed on Moon; perrformed soil sample tests and imaged lunar surface.
14 July 1967 Surveyor 4 Spacecraft: Surveyor. Mass: 283 kg. Launch Site: Cape Canaveral . Launch Vehicle: Atlas Centaur LV-3C . More details Summary: Soft lunar landing attempt failed.
08 September 1967 Surveyor 5 Spacecraft: Surveyor. Mass: 279 kg. Launch Site: Cape Canaveral . Launch Vehicle: Atlas Centaur SLV-3C . More details Summary: Soft lunar landing; returned 19,000 photos, soil data.
07 November 1967 Surveyor 6 Spacecraft: Surveyor. Mass: 280 kg. Launch Site: Cape Canaveral . Launch Vehicle: Atlas Centaur SLV-3C . More details Summary: Soft landed on lunar Moon; photographed lunar surface; sampled lunar soil; used propulsion system to briefly lift off of lunar surface.
07 January 1968 Surveyor 7 Spacecraft: Surveyor. Mass: 1,036 kg. Launch Site: Cape Canaveral . Launch Vehicle: Atlas Centaur SLV-3C . More details Summary: Soft landed on lunar Moon; photographed lunar surface; sampled lunar soil.

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