Status
Success
Rocket
Mission Details
Surveyor 4
Surveyor 4 was the fourth lunar lander in the American uncrewed Surveyor program sent to explore the surface of the Moon. This spacecraft crashed after an otherwise flawless mission; telemetry contact was lost 2.5 minutes before touchdown. The planned landing target was Sinus Medii (Central Bay) at 0.4° north latitude and 1.33° west longitude.
Payloads: 1
Total Mass: 1,039.0 kg
Trans Lunar Injection
Location
SLC-36A, Cape Canaveral SFS, Florida, USA
Stats
1967
75th orbital launch attempt
Atlas-Centaur
12th mission
2nd mission of 1967
7th successful mission
5th consecutive successful mission