Surveyor 3
Surveyor 3 was NASA's second successful Surveyor landing mission. The spacecraft reached Oceanus Procellarum on April 20, 1967, remotely excavated and tested lunar soil, and left hardware later sampled and returned to Earth by Apollo 12.
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- Aliases
- Surveyor IIISurveyor-C mission1967-035A
- Name
- Surveyor 3
- Status
- completed
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- Description
- Surveyor 3 was NASA's second successful Surveyor landing mission. The spacecraft reached Oceanus Procellarum on April 20, 1967, remotely excavated and tested lunar soil, and left hardware later sampled and returned to Earth by Apollo 12.
- Destination
- Successful lunar soft landing in Oceanus Procellarum; excavated and tested lunar soil
- End Date
- 1967-05-04
- Outcome
- Successful lunar landing and surface-mechanics campaign that confirmed soil could support an Apollo lunar module.
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- Start Date
- 1967-04-17
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- Official Url
- https://science.nasa.gov/mission/surveyor-3/
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- July 29, 2026 at 15:48:49 UTC
- Updated Time
- August 25, 2026 at 04:29:37 UTC
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