Questions tagged [surveyor-3]
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Why were the Apollo 12 astronauts tasked with bringing back part of the Surveyor 3 probe?
Based on the NASA website, Apollo 12 astronauts walked all the way to the Surveyor 3 landing site, detached part of the probe and brought it back to Earth.
They could have instead explored parts of ...
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Which Apollo 12 astronaut is shown examining the Surveyor 3 lander in this photograph?
I used this image in Exactly what was Surveyor 3 doing with a spring-loaded boxing glove-like device? but in the captions for the image on two NASA sites I noticed a disagreement in the identify of ...
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Exactly what was Surveyor 3 doing with a spring-loaded boxing glove-like device?
The thorough moon.NASA.gov/exploration page Moon Missions shows the image below.
I learned almost all of what I know about Physics and Engineering from the Wile E. Coyote and the Road Runner cartoons, ...
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No color photos of Surveyor 3 taken during Apollo 12 EVA?
There are only B/W photos of Surveyor 3 taken during Apollo 12 second EVA.
Example from the Lunar Surface Journal
But color photos were planned in the APOLLO 12 LUNAR SURFACE OPERATIONS PLAN on page ...
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What was learned from study of Surveyor-3's components, retrieved and returned to Earth by Apollo-12?
A comment by @Hobbes on the question How did Apollo-12 manage to land next to Surveyor-3? First “Space-Tourists”? points out that the "souvenirs" removed and retrieved from the Surveyor-3 lander by ...
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How did Apollo-12 manage to land next to Surveyor-3? First "Space-Tourists"?
To me this looks like the first instance of space-tourism (humor, pls don't add the tag, see exemplary documentation at end of question). The astronauts landed next to Surveyor-3 on purpose, got out ...
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