SURVEYOR VI: launched on November 7, 1967—Set of 6 photos. - Lot 97

SURVEYOR VI: launched on November 7, 1967—Set of 6 photos. -1 JPL (Jet Propulsion Laboratory) color photo, 20 x 25 cm, of a Surveyor. Photo without caption, No. 211 916 BC. - 1 black-and-white photo, 20 x 25 cm, of a Surveyor landing leg equipped with a magnetic system for analyzing the lunar soil. Captioned photo from the Hughes Aircraft Company, No. 4S00472. -1 black-and-white photo, 20 x 25 cm, showing the internal structure of Surveyor VI. Captioned photo from the Hughes Aircraft Company, unnumbered. -1 black-and-white photo, 20 x 25 cm, of the folded arm of a Surveyor prototype’s shovel. No caption. -1 black-and-white photo, 20 x 25 cm, of a bowl-shaped crater caused by the probe’s landing. Vintage NASA black-and-white print (20 cm x 25 cm) with a caption on the back, bearing the number 67-H-1646. -1 photograph of the Alpha instrument deployed on the Moon, which studies the chemical composition of the lunar soil. Vintage NASA black-and-white print (20 cm x 25 cm) with a caption on the back, bearing the number 67-H-1647. 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, and 7). However, Surveyor 2 and 4 crashed on the Moon.