Surveyor 3
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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 surfac
Surveyor 3 on the Moon, photographed by Apollo 12 astronaut Alan Bean over two years after it landed
Panorama of the mare surface
Angular blocks, up to 7 feet (2 meters) in diameter, which form part of a strewn field of blocks that surround a sharp-rim crater 10 feet (3 meters) in diameter
Similar view but with different lighting
Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter
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The Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter is a NASA robotic spacecraft currently orbiting the Moon in an eccentric polar mapping orbit. Data collected by LRO have been described as essential for planning NASA'
Surveyor 3
…the contamination was caused by using a non-airtight container, or when the samples were being taken in the clean room after Apollo 12. In 2009, the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) photographed the Surveyor 3 landing site in some detail, in which surrounding astronaut foot tracks could also be seen. In 2011, the LRO returned…
Illustration of LRO
Atlas V carrying LRO and LCROSS
Onboard instruments
In this image, the lower of the two green beams is from the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter's dedicated tracker.