1966 · United States Air Force
Surveyor 2
successAtlas Centaur D | Surveyor 2
Lunar probe lost due to the failure of a vernier engine during a midcourse correction maneuver which sent the spacecraft in an unrecoverable tumble.
Overview
- Date / time
- September 20, 1966 at 12:32 PM UTC
- Outcome
- success
- Launch site
- Launch Complex 36A
- Mission
- Surveyor 2
- Mission type
- Lunar Exploration
- Orbit achieved
- Lunar Impactor