Surveyor 1
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US unmanned lunar lander
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Surveyor I,
lunar lander, Surveyor program, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Surveyor 2, Atlas Centaur LV-3C, Hughes Aircraft Company, United States of America,
1966-05-30T00:00:00Z
rocket launch Cape Canaveral Launch Complex 36
1966-06-02T00:00:00Z
soft landing Oceanus Procellarum
1967-01-07T00:00:00Z
loss of signal
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![Enlarged view showing Surveyor 1 sitting in the Ocean of Storms, waiting for a return visit by human explorers [NASA/GSFC/Arizona State University].](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e9/Surveyor_1_-_America%E2%80%99s_first_soft_lunar_landing_%28LROC13_-_surv_thumb_big%29.png)
![Image of Surveyor 1`s shadow against the lunar surface, collected by the on-board imaging system [NASA].](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/bb/Surveyor_1_-_America%E2%80%99s_first_soft_lunar_landing_%28LROC13%29.jpg)
• Animation and imagery from the Surveyor 1 lander depict the United States' first soft landing on the Moon. (Wikimedia)
• Launch of Surveyor 1, the first spacecraft in the Surveyor program and the first soft landing on the Moon by the United States. (Wikimedia)
• Launch of Surveyor 1, the first spacecraft in the Surveyor program and the first soft landing on the Moon by the United States. (Wikimedia)