Surveyor 1
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Surveyor 1 was the first lunar soft-lander in the uncrewed Surveyor program of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration. This lunar soft-lander gathered data about the lunar surface that would be needed for the crewed Apollo Moon landings that began in 1969. The successful soft landing of Surveyor 1 on the Ocean of Storms was the first by an American space probe on any extraterrestrial body, occurring on the first attempt and just four months after the first soft Moon landing by the Soviet Union's Luna 9 probe.
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1967-01-07T00:00:00Z
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Surveyor 1 Foot Pad
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Atlas-Centaur launching Surveyor 1
CalTech people reacting to news that Surveyor 1 was on the moon| Type | Subtype | Date | Description | Notes | Source |
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| commons | image | Surveyor 1 Foot Pad | Commons | ||
| commons | image | Surveyor 1 site 1192 med | Commons | ||
| commons | image | Atlas-Centaur launching Surveyor 1 | Commons | ||
| commons | image | CalTech people reacting to news that Surveyor 1 was on the moon | Commons | ||
