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    The Surveyor program was a NASA program that, from June 1966 through January 1968, sent seven robotic spacecraft to the surface of the Moon. Its primary...
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    Mars Surveyor '98 was a mission in NASA's Mars Exploration Program that launched the Mars Climate Orbiter and the Mars Polar Lander to the planet Mars...
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    Surveyor 1 was the first lunar soft-lander in the uncrewed Surveyor program of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA, United States)...
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    Surveyor 3 is the third lander of the American uncrewed Surveyor program sent to explore the surface of the Moon in 1967 and the second to successfully...
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    uncrewed Surveyor program. With two previous unsuccessful missions in the Surveyor series, and with Surveyor 7's landing success, Surveyor 7 became the...
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    Surveyor 5 is the fifth lunar lander of the American uncrewed Surveyor program sent to explore the surface of the Moon. Surveyor 5 landed on Mare Tranquillitatis...
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    Surveyor 4 is the fourth lunar lander in the American uncrewed Surveyor program sent to explore the surface of the Moon. This spacecraft crashed after...
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    Surveyor 2 was to be the second lunar lander in the uncrewed American Surveyor program to explore the Moon. After launch on September 20, 1966 a mid-course...
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    Surveyor 6 is the sixth lunar lander of the American uncrewed Surveyor program that reached the surface of the Moon. Surveyor 6 landed on the Sinus Medii...
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    March 1965, completed Surveyor program Surveyor 1, launched May 1966, completed Surveyor 2, launched September 1966, failed Surveyor 3, launched April 1967...
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    surface changes and to act as the communications relay in the Mars Surveyor '98 program for Mars Polar Lander. However, on September 23, 1999, communication...
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    Luna 13 missions. The U.S. followed with five Surveyor soft landings. China's ongoing "Chang'e" program has landed 4 times since 2013, achieving robotic...
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    impactor probe Mariner program Pioneer anomaly Ranger program Surveyor program Timeline of Solar System exploration Voyager program "Origins of NASA Names"...
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    soft-landings out of 27 landing attempts. The United States' Surveyor program first soft-landed Surveyor 1 on June 2, 1966, this initial success was followed...
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    atmosphere to the surface. As part of the larger Mars Exploration Program, Mars Global Surveyor performed atmospheric monitoring for sister orbiters during...
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    List of uncrewed NASA missions (category NASA programs)
    The program was implemented by NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) to prepare for the Apollo program. The total cost of the Surveyor program was officially...
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  • Look up surveyor, land surveyor, or surveying in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. A surveyor (land surveyor) is a professional who determines positions...
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    Survey program. One of the goals of Pathfinder was to support the Mars Surveyor program. Later missions would be selected by a more sequential process involving...
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  • Commission. p. 6. doi:10.2172/4689831. SNAP-11 Surveyor Program, Third Quarterly Report SNAP-11 Surveyor Program, Thirteenth Quarterly Report Fihelly, Arthur...
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    (1961–1965) Zond program — USSR Lunar exploration (1964–1970) Surveyor program — US Lunar soft-landing probe (1966–1968) Lunar Orbiter program — US Lunar orbital...
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    the Moon's thin atmosphere create a glow during lunar sunset. The Surveyor program provided the first data and photos of the phenomenon. Astronauts in...
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    conducted meteoroid detection, and measured radiation levels. The Surveyor program conducted uncrewed lunar landings and takeoffs, as well as taking surface...
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    images of the Moon, and was the fifth lunar lander of the uncrewed Surveyor program. Mare Tranquillitatis was the landing site for the first crewed landing...
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    strenuous flight test program, Atlas-Centaur went on to launch several crucial spaceflight missions for the United States, including Surveyor 1, and Pioneer...
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    contours of the lunar surface. Apollo program Luna programme Lunar Orbiter program Pioneer program Surveyor program Timeline of Solar System exploration...
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    the Surveyor 3 spacecraft landed within the crater near the east rim. Surveyor 3 was the third lander of the American uncrewed Surveyor program sent...
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    Anti-Satellite Weapon System XSS Micro-satellite Lunar Orbiter program Surveyor program Mariner 10 Mars Science Laboratory AN/TWQ-1 Avenger – lightweight...
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    dim glow after the sun has set. This was first photographed by the Surveyor program probes in the 1960s, and most recently the Chang'e 3 rover observed...
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    The Mars Surveyor 2001 project was a multi-part Mars exploration mission intended as a follow-up to Mars Surveyor '98. After the two probes of the 1998...
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    land surveyor. Surveyors work with elements of geodesy, geometry, trigonometry, regression analysis, physics, engineering, metrology, programming languages...
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