NEXT SPACEFLIGHT

Status

Success

Surveyor 5

Launch Time
Fri Sep 08, 1967 07:57 UTC

Rocket

Atlas-SLV3C Centaur-D
Image Credit: USAF or NASA
General Dynamics
Status: Retired
Stages: 2
Strap-ons: 0

Mission Details

Surveyor 5

Surveyor 5 was the fifth lunar lander of the American uncrewed Surveyor program sent to explore the surface of the Moon. Surveyor 5 landed on Mare Tranquillitatis. A total of 19,118 images were transmitted to Earth.

Payloads: 1
Total Mass: 1,006.0 kg
Trans Lunar Injection

Location

SLC-36B, Cape Canaveral SFS, Florida, USA

Stats

1967

93rd orbital launch attempt

Atlas-Centaur

13th mission
3rd mission of 1967
8th successful mission
6th consecutive successful mission