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| .....The
Surveyor spacecraft was designed to
attain the engineering objectives of the
Surveyor program, which included the
first lunar soft landing. No
instrumentation was carried specifically
for scientific experiments, but
considerable scientific information was
obtained. The spacecraft carried two
television cameras -- one for approach,
which was not used, and one for
operations on the lunar surface. Over 100
engineering sensors were on board. The
television system transmitted pictures of
the spacecraft footpad and surrounding
lunar terrain and surface materials. The
spacecraft also acquired data on the
radar reflectivity of the lunar surface,
bearing strength of the lunar surface,
and spacecraft temperatures for use in
the analysis of the lunar surface
temperatures. The spacecraft was launched
May 30, 1966, directly into a lunar
impact trajectory. Engines were turned
off at a height of 3.4 m above the lunar
surface. |
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