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Surveyor 6

NSSDC ID: 67-112A

Description:
This spacecraft was the fourth of the Surveyor series to success-
fully achieve a soft landing on the moon, obtain postlanding tele-
vision pictures, determine the abundance of the chemical elements
in the lunar soil, obtain touchdown dynamics data, obtain thermal
and radar reflectivity data, and conduct a Vernier engine erosion
experiment. Virtually identical to Surveyor 5, this spacecraft carried
a television camera, a small bar magnet attached to one footpad,
and an alpha-scattering instrument as well as the necessary
engineering equipment. It landed on November 10, 1967, in
Sinus Medii, 0.49 deg in latitude and 1.40 deg w longitude - the
center of the moon's visible hemisphere. This spacecraft
accomplished all planned objectives and also performed a
successful 'hop' rising approximately 4 m and moving laterally
about 2.5 m to a new location on the lunar surface. The
successful completion of this mission satisfied the Surveyor
program's obligation to the Apollo project. On November 24,
1967, the spacecraft was shut down for the 2-week lunar night.
Contact was made on December 14, 1967, but no useful data
were obtained. 

Launch Information:
Launch Date/Time: 1967-11-07 at 07:39:00 UTC
Launch Site/Country: Cape Canaveral, United States
Launch Vehicle: Atlas-Centaur
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