11 black-and-white photos, 20 x 25 cm, of Surveyor II and Su - Lot 93

11 black-and-white photos, 20 x 25 cm, of Surveyor II and Surveyor III, including 3 photos taken on the Moon. SURVEYOR II: launched on September 20, 1966. Crashed on the Moon on September 22 due to a propulsion failure. 3 black-and-white photos, 13.5 x 21 cm: - 1 black-and-white photo, 13 x 20, with a caption on the back (Hughes Aircraft Company) showing a test of the thrusters prior to the launch of Surveyor 2 for a soft landing on the Moon. - 1 black-and-white photo, 13 x 20, of a Hughes Aircraft Company technician checking the Surveyor 2 camera, identical to the one on Surveyor 1, which took more than 11,000 photos during the previous mission. Caption on the back. -1 black-and-white photo (13 x 20) of Surveyor II being prepared and checked by four technicians from Hughes Aircraft Company prior to its launch on September 20, 1966. Caption on the back. SURVEYOR III: (launched on April 17, 1967) 8 black-and-white photos (20 cm x 25 cm) -1 photograph of the Surveyor detached from the Atlas Centaur rocket and lowered for a final test prior to launch. Vintage NASA black-and-white print (20 cm x 25 cm) with a caption on the back, bearing the number 67-H-302. -1 photo of Surveyor’s 5-foot-long arm, with a hand-sized shovel at its tip. Vintage NASA black-and-white print (20 cm × 25 cm) captioned on the back, bearing the number 67-H-353. -1 photograph of Surveyor’s extended arm, which can be raised or lowered to operate the shovel. Vintage NASA black-and-white print (20 cm × 25 cm) captioned on the back and numbered 67-H-341. -1 identical photo of the Surveyor arm showing the shovel in action on Earth. Vintage NASA black-and-white print (20 cm × 25 cm) captioned on the back, numbered 67-H-388. -1 photograph of the silhouette of Surveyor III on the Moon: the extended arm and the scoop raised 60 cm above the surface are visible. Vintage black-and-white JPL print (20 cm × 25 cm) with a caption on the back. -1 photograph of the Surveyor arm and the shadow of the sample scoop on the lunar surface. Vintage black-and-white NASA print (20 cm x 25 cm) captioned on the back, bearing the number 67-H-789. -1 photograph of two large twin lunar boulders photographed by Surveyor. Vintage 20 cm x 25 cm black-and-white print from JPL (Jet Propulsion Laboratory), captioned on the back. -1 photo of technicians inspecting Surveyor III before its launch. Vintage NASA black-and-white print (20 cm x 25 cm) captioned on the back, bearing the number 67-H-303. SURVEYOR PROGRAM - The program consisted of 7 Surveyor probes (May 30, 1966, to February 20, 1968). Surveyor 1 was the first American probe to land on the Moon. In total, five Surveyor probes landed on the Moon and transmitted some 86,326 images and data from our satellite (Surveyor 1, 3, 5, 6, and 7). However, Surveyor 2 and 4 crashed on the Moon.