Surveyor 7
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Surveyor 7 was sent to the Moon in 1968 on a scientific and photographic mission as the seventh and last lunar lander of the American uncrewed Surveyor program. With two previous unsuccessful missions
Surveyor model on Earth.
Surveyor 7 observes levitating dust
Rolling lunar terrain northeast of the landing site
Photomosaic of a panorama taken by Surveyor 7 of its landing site.
Tycho (lunar crater)
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Tycho is a prominent lunar impact crater located in the southern lunar highlands, named after the Danish astronomer Tycho Brahe. It is around 108 million years old. It is one of the Moon's brightest c
Surveyor 7
…and seven to show lunar material deposited on the spacecraft. The spacecraft landed on the lunar surface on January 10, 1968, on the outer rim of the crater Tycho, at coordinates . Operations of the spacecraft began shortly after the soft landing and were terminated on January 26, 1968, 80 hours after sunset. On…
The large ray system centered on Tycho Crater
Panoramic view of the lunar surface taken by Surveyor 7, which landed around 29 km (18 mi) from the rim of Tycho Crater
March 2007 lunar eclipse. The advancing shadow of Earth brings out detail on the lunar surface. The huge ray system emanating from Tycho is shown as the dominant feature on the southern hemisphere.
Central peak complex of Tycho Crater, taken at sunrise by the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter in 2011