Surveyor 2 was intended to be the second lunar lander of the uncrewed American Surveyor program to explore the Moon. After its launch on September 20, 1966, a mid course correction failure caused the spacecraft to lose control, and contact was lost on September 22.
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1. Surveyor 2 (Wikipedia)
- Contact was lost with the spacecraft at 9:35 UTC, September 22
- In Group: Surveyor Program Lunar Landers, lead sentence: second lunar lander in the uncrewed American Surveyor program
- Operated By: NASA, Infobox, operator (operator)
Part Of: Surveyor Program, Lead paragraph, part-of
Surveyor 2 was to be the second lunar lander in the uncrewed American Surveyor program to explore the Moon.
Mission Of: Surveyor Program, Lead paragraph, mission-of
Surveyor 2 was to be the second lunar lander in the uncrewed American Surveyor program to explore the Moon.
View the Source2. NASA Science: Surveyor 2
NASA Science mission pageQuote, NASA Science mission page
Surveyor 2 was a lunar lander operated by NASA
3. Wikidata: Surveyor 2
Wikidata Q862799, class allow-list match (w-wdresolver-0926)View the Source Reader Challenges (0)
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