Chapter 3: Television observations from Surveyor VI
By: E. C. Morris, R. M. Batson, H. E. Holt, J. J. Rennilson, Eugene Merle Shoemaker, and E. A. Whitaker
Compiled by: Office of Space Science and Applications
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Abstract
Surveyor VI landed on the lunar surface at 01:01:05 GMT on day 314 (November 10, 1967) in the southwestern part of Sinus Medii near the center of the visible face of the Moon. Over 30,000 pictures were transmitted from the spacecraft during the first lunar day of operation. The number of pictures taken by Surveyor VI almost equals the total number of pictures returned from the previous Surveyor missions combined. The pictures were received at the Goldstone, California, Canberra, Australia, and Madrid, Spain, tracking stations of the Deep Space Network.
| Publication type | Book chapter |
|---|---|
| Publication Subtype | Book Chapter |
| Title | Chapter 3: Television observations from Surveyor VI |
| Year Published | 1968 |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | National Aeronautics and Space Administration |
| Description | NASA SP-166, 30 p. |
| Larger Work Type | Report |
| Larger Work Subtype | Federal Government Series |
| Larger Work Title | Surveyor VI: A preliminary report |
| First page | 11 |
| Last page | 40 |
| Other Geospatial | Moon |
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