Surveyor 5
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Surveyor 5 was a NASA unmanned lunar lander that successfully analyzed the Moon’s surface as part of the Surveyor program in 1967.
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
NASA spacecraft
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robotic lunar lander ⓘ spacecraft ⓘ unmanned lunar lander ⓘ |
| communication | radio link to Earth ⓘ |
| communicationBand | S-band ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| designedBy | Jet Propulsion Laboratory NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| domain |
lunar science
ⓘ
planetary science ⓘ |
| epoch | early lunar exploration ⓘ |
| era | Space Race NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| followedBy | Surveyor 6 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| landingBody | Moon NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| landingDate | 1967-09-11 ⓘ |
| landingSite |
Mare Tranquillitatis
NERFINISHED
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Sea of Tranquility NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| launchDate | 1967-09-08 ⓘ |
| launchMass | about 1000 kilograms ⓘ |
| launchSite |
Cape Kennedy
NERFINISHED
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Cape Kennedy Air Force Station Launch Complex 36B NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| launchVehicle | Atlas-Centaur NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| managedBy | Jet Propulsion Laboratory NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| missionDurationOnSurface | about 2 weeks of primary operations ⓘ |
| missionStartYear | 1967 ⓘ |
| missionType |
lunar lander
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lunar surface science mission ⓘ |
| notableResult |
confirmed basaltic nature of Mare Tranquillitatis surface material
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first in-situ chemical analysis of lunar soil by the United States ⓘ measured elemental composition of lunar regolith ⓘ |
| operator | NASA ⓘ |
| partOf | Surveyor program NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| powerSource |
batteries
ⓘ
solar panels ⓘ |
| primaryObjective |
analyze lunar surface composition
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obtain close-up images of the lunar surface ⓘ |
| program | Surveyor program NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| scientificInstrument |
alpha-scattering instrument
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soil mechanics surface sampler ⓘ television camera ⓘ |
| spaceAgency | NASA ⓘ |
| spacecraftBus | Surveyor lunar lander bus NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| spacecraftConfiguration | three-legged lander ⓘ |
| status | mission completed ⓘ |
| succeeded | Surveyor 4 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| success | successful lunar landing ⓘ |
| target | Mare Tranquillitatis NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| televisionImagesReturned | thousands of images ⓘ |
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