Photograph of Surveyor(3) lunar landing spacecraft taken by Apollo 12 astronauts (descriptions added). (NASA)

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It was initiated and carried out to demonstrate the feasibility of soft landing on the Moon. This was done in preparation for the Apollo Program. The program was implemented by NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) and performed several other services beyond its primary goal. The ability for a spacecraft to make midcourse corrections was demonstrated, and the landers carried instruments to assist with evaluation of the suitability of their landing sites for manned Apollo landings. Description Role: Earth and Lunar Orbit Crew: 3; CDR, CM pilot, LM pilot Dimensions Height: 36. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... The NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL), in La Cañada Flintridge, near Los Angeles, California, USA, builds and operates unmanned spacecraft for the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). ... A spacecraft is designed to leave Earths atmosphere and operate beyond the surface of the Earth in outer space. ...

The Surveyor Shovel was a project to determine the composition of the Moon's surface. The robotic shovel was designed to dig at the surface and determine the composition of the materials. Before this project, it was unknown how deep the dust on the moon was. If the dust was too deep, then no astronaut could land.

There were seven Surveyor missions, five were successful. Surveyor 2 and 4 failed. Each consisted of a single unmanned spacecraft designed and built by Hughes Aircraft Company. Hughes developed the AIM-120 AMRAAM, one of the worlds most advanced air-to-air missiles Hughes Aircraft Company was a major defence/aerospace company founded by Howard Hughes. ...

Mission list

• Surveyor 1 - Launched May 30, 1966; landed on Oceanus Procellarum, June 2, 1966
• Surveyor 2 - Launched September 20, 1966; crashed near Copernicus crater, September 23, 1966
• Surveyor 3 - Launched April 17, 1967; landed on Oceanus Procellarum, April 20, 1967
• Surveyor 4 - Launched July 14, 1967; crashed on Sinus Medii, July 17, 1967
• Surveyor 5 - Launched September 3, 1967; landed on Mare Tranquillitatis, September 11, 1967
• Surveyor 6 - Launched November 7, 1967; landed on Sinus Medii, November 10, 1967
• Surveyor 7 - Launched January 7, 1968; landed near Tycho crater, January 10, 1968

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External links

• Surveyor Program Results (PDF) 1969
• Analysis of Surveyor 3 material and photographs returned by Apollo 12 (PDF) 1972

See also

• Ranger program
• Lunar Orbiter program
• Apollo program
• Luna programme

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