Surveyor 1 lander

First U.S. successful soft lunar landing; returned images/engineering data.

Coordinates

-2.4745, -43.339800000000025 (positive-east)

Era

A (1959-1976)

Parent mission

Surveyor 1

Role

soft lander

Operator

NASA / JPL

Nation

USA

Launched (UTC)

1966-05-30

Reached Moon (UTC)

1966-06-02 06:17:37

Event type

lander

Outcome

success

Site

Flamsteed P / Oceanus Procellarum

Left on surface

lander on surface

Returned material

none

Current status

on lunar surface

Operational status (derived)

inactive

Source grade

primary

Primary source