Surveyor 3
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Surveyor 3 was a 1967 NASA robotic lunar lander that successfully touched down on the Moon to test landing techniques and analyze the lunar surface ahead of the Apollo missions.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
NASA space probe
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lunar lander ⓘ robotic spacecraft ⓘ uncrewed spacecraft ⓘ |
| ApolloVisitDate | 1969-11-19 ⓘ |
| communicationBand | S-band ⓘ |
| componentReturnedToEarth |
pieces of tubing and other hardware
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television camera ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
|
| designFeature |
central equipment bay with solar panel mast
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three-legged landing structure ⓘ vernier engines for soft landing ⓘ |
| followedBy | Surveyor 4 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasInstrument |
alpha-scattering instrument (planned but not flown)
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soil mechanics surface sampler ⓘ television camera ⓘ |
| landingBody | Moon NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| landingCoordinates | approximately 3.01°S 23.42°W ⓘ |
| landingDate | 1967-04-20 ⓘ |
| landingRegion | Oceanus Procellarum region NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| landingSite | Mare Cognitum NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| launchDate | 1967-04-17 ⓘ |
| launchSite |
Cape Kennedy
NERFINISHED
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Cape Kennedy Air Force Station Launch Complex 36B NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| launchVehicle | Atlas-Centaur NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| legacy |
helped confirm bearing strength of lunar regolith
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provided engineering data for Apollo lunar module landing design ⓘ |
| massAtLaunch | approximately 1000 kilograms ⓘ |
| massOnLunarSurface | approximately 300 kilograms ⓘ |
| missionDurationOnSurface | about 2 weeks of active operations ⓘ |
| missionType |
lunar lander mission
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lunar surface science mission ⓘ |
| notableEvent | first U.S. spacecraft to use a soil scoop on another celestial body ⓘ |
| operator | NASA ⓘ |
| partOf | Surveyor program NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| powerSource |
batteries
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solar panels ⓘ |
| precededBy | Surveyor 2 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| programGoal |
to analyze the lunar surface
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to support planning for Apollo crewed landings ⓘ to test lunar landing techniques ⓘ |
| sampledBy | Apollo 12 mission NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| scientificObjective |
to assess suitability of lunar surface for crewed landings
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to measure mechanical properties of lunar soil ⓘ to obtain close-up television images of the lunar surface ⓘ |
| spaceAgency | National Aeronautics and Space Administration NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| status | derelict on the lunar surface ⓘ |
| televisionImagesReturned | over 6000 images ⓘ |
| visitedBy |
Alan L. Bean
NERFINISHED
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Apollo 12 Lunar Module Intrepid NERFINISHED ⓘ Apollo 12 astronauts NERFINISHED ⓘ Pete Conrad NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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