NEXT SPACEFLIGHT

Status

Success

Surveyor 6

Launch Time
Tue Nov 07, 1967 07:39 UTC

Rocket

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

Mission Details

Surveyor 6

Surveyor 6 was the sixth lunar lander of the American uncrewed Surveyor program that reached the surface of the Moon. Surveyor 6 landed on the Sinus Medii. A total of 30,027 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

123rd orbital launch attempt

Atlas-Centaur

14th mission
4th mission of 1967
9th successful mission
7th consecutive successful mission