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Surveyor 1 landed in Oceanus Procellarum on 2 June 1966, near the crater | Surveyor 1 landed in Oceanus Procellarum on 2 June 1966, near the crater | ||
Flamsteed. A 100 km wide 'ghost' crater, Flamsteed P, surrounds the landing | Flamsteed. A 100 km wide 'ghost' crater, Flamsteed P, surrounds the landing | ||
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support imaging as well as the other engineering data they were more interested | support imaging as well as the other engineering data they were more interested | ||
in. Surveyor 2 also carried a descent imager, but it failed before arriving at | in. Surveyor 2 also carried a descent imager, but it failed before arriving at | ||
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| − | + | <p align="right" class="story">— [mailto:pjstooke@uwo.ca Phillip Stooke ]</p></blockquote> | |
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I scanned the Surveyor 1 panorama from hardcopy prints of panorama segments held | I scanned the Surveyor 1 panorama from hardcopy prints of panorama segments held | ||
at the Lunar and Planetary Institute in Houston, Texas. Like all Surveyor | at the Lunar and Planetary Institute in Houston, Texas. Like all Surveyor | ||
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- it is not something that can be automated. The final panorama, prepared for | - it is not something that can be automated. The final panorama, prepared for | ||
a forthcoming atlas of lunar exploration, is 15000 pixels long, and is shown | a forthcoming atlas of lunar exploration, is 15000 pixels long, and is shown | ||
| − | here greatly reduced in size. | + | here greatly reduced in size.</p> |
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| − | + | [http://www.bbc.co.uk/science/space/exploration/missiontimeline/surveyor1.shtml Surveyor 1]<br> | |
| − | <p | + | [http://publish.uwo.ca/~pjstooke/ Phil Stooke's Website] </p> |
| − | + | <p><b>Yesterday's LPOD:</b> [[July 8, 2004|Magic on the Mare]] </p> | |
| − | + | <p><b>Tomorrow's LPOD:</b> [[July 10, 2004|Lunie]] </p> | |
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| − | + | [mailto:tychocrater@yahoo.com Charles A. Wood]</p> | |
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On the Mare
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On the Mare Surveyor 1 landed in Oceanus Procellarum on 2 June 1966, near the crater Flamsteed. A 100 km wide 'ghost' crater, Flamsteed P, surrounds the landing site, consisting of a ring of hills which are probably just the peaks of an old crater rim, mostly flooded by mare basalts. Several of these peaks protrude slightly above the horizon north of the spacecraft, and can be seen on the left. The sun is nearly setting in the west, casting a long shadow to the east. This was the first landing by a United States spacecraft, and only the second successful landing on the Moon (the Soviet Union's Luna 9 had landed four months earlier). It is not well known that Surveyor 1 carried a descent imaging camera on one of its legs to photograph the landing site from above in an attempt to help locate the lander. Mission controllers decided not to use it because the very limited transmission bandwidth during descent would not support imaging as well as the other engineering data they were more interested in. Surveyor 2 also carried a descent imager, but it failed before arriving at the Moon. Later Surveyors did not include this camera. Technical Details: Related Links: Yesterday's LPOD: Magic on the Mare Tomorrow's LPOD: Lunie |
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