Surveyor 7

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Surveyor 7 was a NASA unmanned lunar lander that successfully touched down on the Moon in 1968 to conduct scientific experiments and surface imaging.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf spacecraft
uncrewed lunar lander
attitudeControl three-axis stabilized
communicationBand S-band
communicationEnded 1968-02-21
constructedIn United States NERFINISHED
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
destination Moon NERFINISHED
epoch Space Race NERFINISHED
followedBy Apollo 11 lunar landing (as next US successful lunar surface mission) NERFINISHED
imageCount over 20,000 images
imageType television images
landingBody Moon NERFINISHED
landingDate 1968-01-10
landingSite Tycho crater NERFINISHED
landingTechnique soft landing
landingYear 1968
launchDate 1968-01-07
launchSite Cape Kennedy NERFINISHED
Cape Kennedy Air Force Station Launch Complex 36A NERFINISHED
launchVehicle Atlas-Centaur NERFINISHED
launchYear 1968
manufacturer Hughes Aircraft Company NERFINISHED
massAtLaunch approximately 1000 kilograms
massOnLanding approximately 300 kilograms
missionEnd 1968-02-21
missionNumber 7
missionType lunar lander
notableFeature only Surveyor spacecraft to land in a highland region of the Moon
notableResult measured chemical composition of lunar surface material at Tycho
provided detailed images of Tycho crater region
operator NASA
partOf Surveyor lunar soft-landing series NERFINISHED
powerSource solar panels
precededBy Surveyor 6 NERFINISHED
primaryObjective lunar surface imaging
lunar surface science experiments
program Surveyor program NERFINISHED
programGoal support Apollo program lunar landing site selection
propulsionType liquid-fueled retrorocket
scientificInstrument alpha-scattering instrument
beta-ray backscatter instrument
soil mechanics surface sampler
solar X-ray spectrometer
television camera
spaceAgency National Aeronautics and Space Administration NERFINISHED
spacecraftBus Surveyor bus NERFINISHED
status mission completed
success true
surfaceOperationsDuration about 40 days

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Surveyor program lastMission Surveyor 7