Surveyor 7 Lunar Lander Spacecraft
Surveyor 7 was NASA’s final original Surveyor lunar lander and the only one to land in the lunar highlands near Tycho crater. Launched in 1968, it carried the series’ most extensive instrument suite, returned 21,274 photographs and chemical and soil-mechanics data, and ended operations in February 1968.
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Identity
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- Surveyor-GSurveyor VIISurveyor 7 lunar landerSurveyor 7 spacecraft
- Family Name
- Surveyor 7
- Full Name
- Surveyor 7 Lunar Lander Spacecraft
- Roles
- interplanetary_probelanderresearch
- Status
- retired
- Type
- spacecraft
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- Description
- Surveyor 7 was NASA’s final original Surveyor lunar lander and the only one to land in the lunar highlands near Tycho crater. Launched in 1968, it carried the series’ most extensive instrument suite, returned 21,274 photographs and chemical and soil-mechanics data, and ended operations in February 1968.
- First Flight Year
- 1,968
- Last Flight Year
- 1,968
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Links
- Official Url
- https://science.nasa.gov/mission/surveyor-7/
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- Creation Time
- August 13, 2026 at 07:16:05 UTC
- Updated Time
- August 15, 2026 at 01:46:45 UTC