Surveyor 3 Lunar Lander Spacecraft
Surveyor 3 was NASA’s second successful Surveyor lunar lander. Launched in 1967, it soft-landed in Oceanus Procellarum, sampled the lunar soil, returned 6,326 images, and was visited by Apollo 12 astronauts who recovered spacecraft parts for analysis.
Follow this vehicle family
Alerts for directly linked future launches and major activity.
Identity
- Aliases
- Surveyor-CSurveyor IIISurveyor 3 lunar landerSurveyor 3 spacecraft
- Family Name
- Surveyor 3
- Full Name
- Surveyor 3 Lunar Lander Spacecraft
- Roles
- interplanetary_probelandertechnology_demonstratorresearch
- Status
- retired
- Type
- spacecraft
Details
- Description
- Surveyor 3 was NASA’s second successful Surveyor lunar lander. Launched in 1967, it soft-landed in Oceanus Procellarum, sampled the lunar soil, returned 6,326 images, and was visited by Apollo 12 astronauts who recovered spacecraft parts for analysis.
- First Flight Year
- 1,967
- Last Flight Year
- 1,967
Links
- Official Url
- https://science.nasa.gov/mission/surveyor-3/
Assets & Meta
- Creation Time
- August 13, 2026 at 07:11:50 UTC
- Updated Time
- August 13, 2026 at 11:56:42 UTC