Surveyor 3 landing site
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The Surveyor 3 landing site is the location on the Moon where NASA’s unmanned Surveyor 3 spacecraft touched down in 1967 and was later visited by Apollo 12 astronauts, who retrieved parts of the probe for study.
Observed surface forms (1)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Surveyor 3 spacecraft | 1 |
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
astronomical location
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lunar landing site ⓘ |
| analysisConductedAt | NASA laboratories on Earth ⓘ |
| approachTrajectory | targeted by Apollo 12 for precision landing ⓘ |
| associatedWithMission |
Apollo 12
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Surveyor 3 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| coordinateSystem | selenographic coordinates ⓘ |
| countryOfOperator |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
|
| distanceFromApollo12LM | about 180 meters GENERATED ⓘ |
| environment | airless, high-vacuum lunar surface ⓘ |
| evidenceProvidedFor | long-term stability of some materials in lunar environment ⓘ |
| exposedTo |
extreme temperature cycles
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micrometeorite impacts ⓘ solar radiation ⓘ |
| firstVisitedByHumansDate | 1969-11-19 GENERATED ⓘ |
| gravitationalBody | Earth–Moon system NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasSpacecraftWreckage | Surveyor 3 lander NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hemisphere | near side of the Moon ⓘ |
| historicalSignificance | important site in early robotic and crewed lunar exploration ⓘ |
| landingDateOfSurveyor3 | 1967-04-20 ⓘ |
| locatedIn | Mare Cognitum NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedOn |
Moon
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
near lunar equator ⓘ |
| nearbyFeature |
Bench crater
NERFINISHED
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Head crater NERFINISHED ⓘ Surveyor crater NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor |
first human visit to a previously landed robotic spacecraft on another world
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sample return of previously exposed spacecraft materials ⓘ |
| operatedBy | NASA ⓘ |
| partOf | Apollo 12 landing area NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| precisionLandingDemonstration | Apollo 12 landing near Surveyor 3 ⓘ |
| program | Surveyor program NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| region | Oceanus Procellarum vicinity NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| relatedToProgram | Apollo program NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| retrievedHardwareFrom |
Surveyor 3 other components
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Surveyor 3 soil scoop NERFINISHED ⓘ Surveyor 3 television camera NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| sampleTypeReturned |
lunar soil adhering to Surveyor components
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spacecraft material samples ⓘ |
| scientificPurpose |
provide ground-truth for lunar surface properties
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study long-term effects of lunar environment on spacecraft materials ⓘ |
| surfaceType | lunar mare basalt ⓘ |
| usedFor | calibration of lunar surface photography and measurements ⓘ |
| visitedBy |
Apollo 12 Lunar Module Intrepid
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Apollo 12 astronauts NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| visitedByAstronaut |
Alan L. Bean
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Charles Conrad Jr. NERFINISHED ⓘ |
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Surveyor 3 spacecraft
subject surface form:
Mare Cognitum