surveyor 1 padlet by Cecileigh Simpson

surveyor 1

cecileighsimpson — 2024-02-27 22:56:37 UTC

NASA accomplished their very first robotic soft landing

on the moon, on the first try

what was the timeline of the mission

cecileighsimpson — 2024-02-27 22:57:23 UTC

survey 1 was launched may 30th, 1966 from the cape Canaveral air force station in cape Canaveral, Florida.

it landed on the moon June 2nd, 1966.

10,338 photos were received back on earth just before nightfall on June 14th, 1966.

who was involved in the mission

cecileighsimpson — 2024-02-27 22:58:05 UTC

there were three main men involved in the mission, there was Dr. Leonard D. Gaffe who was the projects scientist , Mr Howard H. Haglund, who was the project manager, and then there is Mr Benjamin Milwitzky, who was the program manager

what were the sucesses of the mission and what were the failures

cecileighsimpson — 2024-02-27 22:58:33 UTC

they ended up with 11,240 photos of the moon before the mission was terminated due to a dramatic drop in battery power just after sunset on July 13th 1966, the engineering interrogations went until January 7th, 1967

where on the mood did they land

cecileighsimpson — 2024-02-27 22:59:01 UTC

they landed on the flat of a 100km crater north of the flamsteed crater

what was the point behind the mission

cecileighsimpson — 2024-03-01 19:10:48 UTC

the point of the mission was to gather information, data, and photos of the moon for the Apollo space mission they ended up gathering somewhere around 11,000 photos of the moon and the moons surface

how did they get from earth to the moon?

cecileighsimpson — 2024-03-01 20:35:42 UTC

in this video you can see the launch of the surveyor 1 rocket, it took around 63.6 hours for surveyor 1 to leave Earth's atmosphere. the rocket weighed in at 995.2 kg's at take off and when it landed back on the earth the mass had changed drastically, it was around 294.3 kg's.

cecileighsimpson — 2024-03-01 20:54:53 UTC

this photo is a horizon view taken from the surveyor 1 space craft facing towards the north side of the moon

cecileighsimpson — 2024-03-01 21:01:06 UTC

this photo shows how small the surveyor 1 actually was compared to the surface of the moon

cecileighsimpson — 2024-03-01 21:02:28 UTC

this is what the surveyor looked like before it was sent to the moon