Surveyor 3

Also known as Surveyor III, Lunar Surveyor III, Lunar Surveyor 3, Surveyor SC-3

third lander of the American uncrewed Surveyor program sent to explore the surface of the Moon

Key facts

Mission type: Lunar lander
Operator: NASA
Cospar id: 1967-035A
Satcat number span no: 02756
Mission duration: 16 days (launch to last contact)
Manufacturer: Hughes Aircraft
Launch mass: 2,262 lb (1,026 kg)
Landing mass: 653 lb (296 kg)
Launch date: April 17, 1967, 07:05:01 ( 1967-04-17UTC07:05:01Z ) UTC
Rocket: Atlas LV-3C Centaur-D AC-12
Launch site: Cape Canaveral , LC ‑ 36B
Last contact: May 3, 1967 ( 1967-05-04 )
Landing date: April 20, 1967, 00:04:53 UTC
Landing site: 3°00′58″S 23°25′04″W / 3.01612°S 23.41791°W / -3.01612; -23.41791

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Duration: 16
Mass: 296
Image: Surveyor 3 on Moon.jpg

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Commons category: Surveyor 3
UTC date of spacecraft launch: 1967-04-17
UTC date of spacecraft landing: 1967-04-20

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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 land. It was the first mission to carry a surface-soil sampling-scoop.

Surveyor 3 was visited by Apollo 12 astronauts Pete Conrad and Alan Bean in November 1969, and remains the only probe visited by humans on another world. The Apollo 12 astronauts excised several components of Surveyor 3, including the television camera, and returned them to Earth for study.