Surveyor 1
AgencyNASA
Year1966
TypeMoon landing
RocketAtlas-Centaur
CountryUSA
About the Mission
First American soft landing on the Moon, June 2, 1966, just 4 months after Luna 9. Returned over 11,000 images. Demonstrated that the lunar soil would support an Apollo lander. The site was visited by Apollo 12 astronauts 3 years later.
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