SPACE NOTES

NASA’s Surveyor probe lands on the Moon

By ALEX SHEETS/Contributing Writer
Posted 6/7/24

On May 30, 1966, NASA launched Surveyor 1—the first true soft landing on the Moon. A soft landing is any controlled landing of a spacecraft.

The mission was deemed a complete success, …

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