Launch Success
Liftoff Time (GMT)
07:05:00
Monday April 17, 1967
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Surveyor 3 was the third lander of the American unmanned Surveyor program sent to explore the surface of the Moon. It was the first mission to carry a surface-soil sampling scoop. It was visited by Apollo 12 astronauts and remains the only probe visited by humans on another world. They brought back some parts of it to study, including its TV camera.
Trans Lunar Injection
1 Payload
1,026 kilograms

11th
Mission
1st
Mission of 1967
38th
Orbital launch attempt