Surveyor 5
Surveyor 5 was the Surveyor-E flight article launched on September 8, 1967. Controllers overcame a helium-system leak to land in Mare Tranquillitatis, where the spacecraft returned more than twenty thousand images and performed the first direct chemical analysis of soil on another world.
Identity
- Aliases
- Surveyor VSurveyor-ESurveyor SC-51967-084A
- Name
- Surveyor 5
- Status
- retired
Details
- Description
- Surveyor 5 was the Surveyor-E flight article launched on September 8, 1967. Controllers overcame a helium-system leak to land in Mare Tranquillitatis, where the spacecraft returned more than twenty thousand images and performed the first direct chemical analysis of soil on another world.
- First Flight Date
- 1967-09-08
- Manufacturer
- Operator
- Vehicle Family
Links
- Official Url
- https://science.nasa.gov/mission/surveyor-5/
Assets & Meta
- Creation Time
- July 29, 2026 at 15:48:21 UTC
- Updated Time
- July 29, 2026 at 15:48:21 UTC
Other
- Last Flight Date
- 1967-12-16
- Vehicle Code
- Surveyor-E