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Surveyor 5

Lunar Lander

Surveyor 5 was the fifth lunar lander of the American uncrewed Surveyor program sent to explore the surface of the Moon. It landed on Mare Tranquillitatis in 1967 and transmitted a total of 19,118 images back to Earth.

Facts
Spacecraft Type
Lunar lander 2
Launch Date
1967-09-08 3
Status
Status (category)
Mission Complete / Ended 1
Connections

Mission Of

Surveyor Program, Missions and Programs
Source Surveyor 5 (Wikipedia)

Operated By

NASA, Space Agencies and Companies
Source Surveyor 5 (Wikipedia)
Sources
1. Surveyor 5 (Wikipedia)
  • A total of 19,118 images were transmitted to Earth
  • In Group: Surveyor Program Lunar Landers, lead sentence: fifth lunar lander of the American uncrewed Surveyor program
  • Operated By: NASA, Infobox, operator (operator)
  • Part Of: Surveyor Program, Lead paragraph, part-of
    Surveyor 5 is the fifth lunar lander of the American uncrewed Surveyor program sent to explore the surface of the Moon.
  • Mission Of: Surveyor Program, Lead paragraph, mission-of
    Surveyor 5 is the fifth lunar lander of the American uncrewed Surveyor program sent to explore the surface of the Moon.
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2. NASA NSSDCA: Surveyor 5
NSSDCA spacecraft record
Quote, NSSDCA spacecraft record
Surveyor 5 was a lunar lander mission operated by NASA
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3. Wikidata: Surveyor 5
Wikidata Q268074, class allow-list match (w-wdresolver-0926)View the Source
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