| U.S. Mission |
Mass (kg) |
Booster |
Launched |
Mission Goal |
Mission Result |
Landing Zone |
Lat/Lon |
| Surveyor 1 |
292 |
Atlas - Centaur |
30 May 1966 |
Moon landing |
Success - 11,000 pictures returned, first American Moon landing |
Oceanus Procellarum |
002.45S 043.22W |
| Surveyor 2 |
292 |
Atlas - Centaur |
20 Sep 1966 |
Moon landing |
Failure - midcourse engine malfunction, placing vehicle in unrecoverable tumble; crashed southeast of Copernicus Crater |
Sinus Medii |
004.00S 011.00W |
| Surveyor 3 |
302 |
Atlas - Centaur |
20 Apr 1967 |
Moon landing |
Success - 6,000 pictures returned; trench dug to 17.5 cm depth after 18 hr of robot arm use |
Oceanus Procellarum |
002.94S 336.66E |
| Surveyor 4 |
282 |
Atlas - Centaur |
14 Jul 1967 |
Moon landing |
Failure - radio contact lost 2.5 minutes before touchdown; perfect automated Moon landing possible but actual outcome unknown |
Sinus Medii |
unknown |
| Surveyor 5 |
303 |
Atlas - Centaur |
08 Sep 1967 |
Moon landing |
Success - 19,000 photos returned, first use of alpha scatter soil composition monitor |
Mare Tranquillitatis |
001.41N 023.18E |
| Surveyor 6 |
300 |
Atlas - Centaur |
07 Nov 1967 |
Moon landing |
Success - 30,000 photos returned, robot arm & alpha scatter science, engine restart, second landing 2.5 m away from first |
Sinus Medii |
000.46N 358.63E |
| Surveyor 7 |
306 |
Atlas - Centaur |
07 Jan 1968 |
Moon landing |
Success - 21,000 photos returned; robot arm & alpha scatter science; laser beams from Earth detected |
Tycho Crater |
041.01S 348.59E |
