SURVEYOR IV: Launched on July 14, 1967—Crashed on the Moon. - Lot 95

SURVEYOR IV: Launched on July 14, 1967—Crashed on the Moon. 5 photos: - 1 JPL (Jet Propulsion Laboratory) color photo, 20 x 25 cm, of a Surveyor. -1 black-and-white photo, 16 x 20 cm, of a Surveyor 4 prototype model tested at Hughes Aircraft Company (caption on the back). -1 black-and-white photo of a multiple exposure of the Surveyor’s arm (caption on the back). -1 black-and-white photo, 16 x 20 cm, of a Surveyor 4 prototype model tested by Hughes Aircraft Company technicians to prepare for a soft moon landing (caption on the back). -1 black-and-white 16 x 20 cm photo of a Surveyor model (no caption). 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, 5 Surveyor probes landed on the Moon and transmitted some 86,326 images and data from our satellite (Surveyor 1, 3, 5, 6, 7). However, Surveyor 2 and 4 crashed on the Moon.