Surveyor 6
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Surveyor 6 was a NASA unmanned lunar lander that successfully soft-landed on the Moon in 1967 and became the first spacecraft to lift off from one part of the lunar surface and reposition itself to another.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
NASA space probe
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spacecraft ⓘ unmanned lunar lander ⓘ |
| communicationBand | S-band ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
|
| destination | Moon NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| epoch | early lunar exploration era ⓘ |
| followedBy | Surveyor 7 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hopAltitude | about 3–4 meters ⓘ |
| hopDistance | about 2.5 meters ⓘ |
| landingDate | 1967-11-10 ⓘ |
| landingMethod | retro-rocket soft landing ⓘ |
| landingRegion | central near side of the Moon ⓘ |
| landingSite | Sinus Medii NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| lastContactDate | 1967-12-14 ⓘ |
| launchDate | 1967-11-07 ⓘ |
| launchSite | Cape Kennedy LC-36B NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| launchVehicle | Atlas LV-3C Centaur-D NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| lunarLatitude | 0.49° N ⓘ |
| lunarLongitude | 1.40° W ⓘ |
| manufacturer | Hughes Aircraft Company NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| massAtLaunch | approximately 1000 kilograms ⓘ |
| massOnLanding | approximately 300 kilograms ⓘ |
| missionDurationOnSurface | about 17 days ⓘ |
| missionObjective |
measure lunar surface mechanical properties
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obtain close-up television images of the lunar surface ⓘ perform soft landing on the Moon ⓘ support Apollo program landing site selection ⓘ test spacecraft and landing technologies for future lunar missions ⓘ |
| missionType | lunar lander ⓘ |
| notableAchievement |
first lunar surface hop maneuver by a spacecraft
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first spacecraft to lift off from one part of the lunar surface and reposition itself to another ⓘ |
| operator | NASA ⓘ |
| payload |
soil mechanics surface sampler
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television camera ⓘ |
| powerSource |
batteries
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solar panels ⓘ |
| precededBy | Surveyor 5 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| program | Surveyor program NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| relatedProgram | Apollo program NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| seriesPosition | fourth successful Surveyor lunar lander ⓘ |
| spaceAgency | NASA ⓘ |
| spacecraftBus | Surveyor lander bus ⓘ |
| spacecraftType | robotic lunar lander ⓘ |
| status | mission completed ⓘ |
| targetBody | Moon NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| televisionImagesReturned | over 30000 images ⓘ |
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