SURVEYOR VII: launched on January 7, 1968. Set of 6 photos - Lot 98

SURVEYOR VII: launched on January 7, 1968. Set of 6 photos -1 black-and-white photo, 20 x 25 cm, of the final inspection of Surveyor VII before its integration into the Atlas-Centaur rocket's payload fairing. Vintage NASA black-and-white print (20 cm x 25 cm) captioned on the back, bearing the number 67-H-1740. -1 black-and-white photo, 20 x 25 cm, of tests conducted on a Surveyor model. Vintage NASA black-and-white print (20 cm × 25 cm) captioned on the back, bearing the number 67-H-1745. -1 drawing explaining the different phases of Surveyor VII’s Earth-Moon trajectory. Print by Hughes Aircraft Company. -1 NASA/JPL photo, 20 x 25, of a panoramic composite of photos taken by Surveyor VII. Photo captioned No. P-8510A. -1 20 x 25 cm photograph of the antenna’s multidirectional boom among the lunar rocks. Vintage NASA black-and-white print (20 cm x 25 cm) with a caption on the back, bearing the number 68-H-14. -1 20 x 25 cm photograph of the lunar landscape photographed by Surveyor VII less than an hour after its lunar landing. Vintage NASA black-and-white print (20 cm x 25 cm) captioned on the back, bearing the number 68-H-12. 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.