Surveyor 1 Lunar Lander Spacecraft
Surveyor 1 was NASA’s first successful lunar soft-landing spacecraft and the first U.S. spacecraft to land on the Moon. Launched in 1966, it demonstrated radar-and-rocket-controlled landing technology and returned 11,240 high-resolution images from Oceanus Procellarum.
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Identity
- Aliases
- Surveyor-ASurveyor ISurveyor 1 lunar landerSurveyor 1 spacecraft
- Family Name
- Surveyor 1
- Full Name
- Surveyor 1 Lunar Lander Spacecraft
- Roles
- interplanetary_probelanderresearch
- Status
- retired
- Type
- spacecraft
Details
- Description
- Surveyor 1 was NASA’s first successful lunar soft-landing spacecraft and the first U.S. spacecraft to land on the Moon. Launched in 1966, it demonstrated radar-and-rocket-controlled landing technology and returned 11,240 high-resolution images from Oceanus Procellarum.
- First Flight Year
- 1,966
- Last Flight Year
- 1,967
Links
- Official Url
- https://science.nasa.gov/mission/surveyor-1/
Assets & Meta
- Creation Time
- August 13, 2026 at 07:10:20 UTC
- Updated Time
- August 13, 2026 at 07:10:20 UTC