The Unsung Mission That Made Apollo Possible

Before we could set foot on the moon, the Surveyor missions were sent to give future astronauts some sure footing.

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Sources:


https://www.airspacemag.com/daily-planet/surveyor-1-americas-first-lunar-landing-180959289/
http://www.americasuncommonsense.com/blog/wp-content/pdfFiles/Mellberg_Surveyor1-America's%20First%20Moon%20Landing.pdf
https://phys.org/news/2016-06-fifty-years-moon-dustsurveyor-pathfinder.html https://www.nasa.gov/feature/jpl/fifty-years-of-moon-dust-surveyor-1-was-a-pathfinder-for-apollo
https://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/nmc/spacecraft/display.action?id=1966-045A
https://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/nmc/spacecraft/display.action?id=1966-045A

Images:

https://www.nasa.gov/feature/jpl/fifty-years-of-moon-dust-surveyor-1-was-a-pathfinder-for-apollo
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Surveyor_NASA_lunar_lander.jpg
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WZyRbnpGyzQ
https://mars.nasa.gov/mer/spotlight/rocknroll01.html
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Surveyor_1_Fig_3-56.jpg
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Surveyor_1_Foot_Pad.jpg