Surveyor III
For Release: April 19, 1967
Photo No.: 67-H-446
Surveyor III-1
Pasadena, Calif.: Picture by Surveyor III was taken one hour and eight minutes after the spacecraft soft-landed on the moon at 4:04 p.m. Pacific Standard Time on April 19, 1967. The wide-angle (25-degree field of view) picture was one of the first of a series of 200-line photos taken by the spacecraft’s TV camera. Surveyor III landed at a site 2.88 degrees South of the lunar equator and about 23.21 degrees West longitude within several miles of the aiming point in the eastern portion of the Ocean of Storms. Photo shows some of the spacecraft, including an omin-directional antenna boom, landing leg and helium pressurization tank and valves.
For Release: April 19, 1967
Photo No.: 67-H-447
Surveyor III-2
Pasadena, Calif.: Picture by Surveyor III was taken at 5:13 p.m. Pacific Standard Time on April 19, 1967. The wide-angle (25-degree field of view) picture was one of the first of a series of 200-line photos taken by the spacecraft about an hour after its soft landing on the moon. Surveyor III landed at a site 2.88 degrees South of the lunar equator and about 23.21 degrees West Longitude within several miles of the aiming point in the eastern portion of the Ocean of Storms. Photo shows an omin-directional antenna boom and part of the spacecraft’s helium pressurization tank and valves.
For Release: April 20, 1967
Photo No.: 67-H-456
Surveyor III-17
Pasadena, Calif.: Picture taken by Surveyor III at 1:05 a.m. PST, April 20, 1967. The wide-angle (25-degree field of view) 600-line picture should be viewed with the data block at the top. It shows portions of the spacecraft in the foreground and footpad #2 – the round object in the foreground. Of special interest is the imprint of a previous impact of the footpad just above the pad. It was made when Surveyor III bounced about one foot after its third touchdown on the lunar surface before the spacecraft came to rest in its final landing site. In the bottom of the depression is imprinted the honeycomb pattern of the bottom of the Surveyor footpad.
For Release: April 20, 1967
Photo No.: 67-H-457
Surveyor III-3
Pasadena, Calif.: Inner wall of crater in which Surveyor III landed is seen in this television picture taken at 1:12 a.m. PST on April 20, 1967. Area portrayed is crater wall opposite that upon which spacecraft settled in off-level attitude. Horizon is several tens of yards or more from Surveyor’s TV camera. Rocks casting shadows may be about one foot across. Picture covers a field of view of 25 degrees (wide-angle) and was taken in the 600-scan-line mode. Surveyor III landed on the moon at 4:04 p.m. PST on April 19 after a 65-hour flight from Cape Kennedy.
For Release: April 20, 1967
Photo No.: 67-H-458
Surveyor III-18
Pasadena, Calif.: Picture taken by Surveyor III at 1:07 a.m. PST, April 20, 1967. The wide-angle (25-degree field of view) 600-line picture should be viewed with the data block at the top. It shows portions of the spacecraft in the foreground and footpad #2 – the round object in the foreground. Of special interest is the imprint of a previous impact of the footpad just above the pad. It was made when Surveyor III bounced about one foot after its third touchdown on the lunar surface before the spacecraft came to rest in its final landing site. In the bottom of the depression is imprinted the honeycomb pattern of the bottom of the Surveyor footpad.
For Release: April 21, 1967
Photo No.: 67-H-462
Surveyor III-8
Pasadena, Calif.: View of the lunar surface north of Surveyor III showing two-foot-diameter crater (center of picture) surrounded by rocky material. Photo is obscured in upper left corner because of glare from sunlight. This narrow-angle, 600-line photo was taken at 1:37 a.m. PST on April 20, 1967, by the spacecraft’s TV camera.
For Release: April 21, 1967
Photo No.: 67-H-463
Surveyor III-9
Pasadena, Calif.: Preliminary evaluation indicates that the Surveyor III spacecraft landed inside of a lunar crater. Blocks against the skyline (across bottom of photo) are presumably resting on the rim of the crater. Size of the blocks is unknown because their distances from the spacecraft are not determined. Upper left portion of photo is obscured because of glare from the sun. Picture was taken 13 hours after Surveyor III landed on the moon on April 19, 1967.
For Release: April 21, 1967
Photo No.: 67-H-464
Surveyor III-10
Pasadena, Calif.: Fine detail of lunar terrain some 2 ½ meters from Surveyor III is seen in this 600-line, narrow-angle photo taken April 20 by the spacecraft’s TV camera. Protuberance producing the long shadow across lower center of picture is about 5 centimeters across. Irregularities and rough appearance of the surface is exaggerated by the low sun angle – 15 degrees.
For Release: April 21, 1967
Photo No.: 67-H-465
Surveyor III-11
Pasadena, Calif.: Preliminary evaluation indicates that Surveyor III landed inside a crater. This photo is a view looking north across the interior of the crater. Surface floor appears to be covered with rocks and is apparently uneven on a large scale as indicated by the shadowing. The photo was taken at 1:46 a.m. PST on April 20, 1967.
For Release: April 21, 1967
Photo No.: 67-H-467
Surveyor III-20
Pasadena, Calif.: This Surveyor III photograph shows the spacecraft’s surface sampler positioned above the lunar surface at the beginning of its first extension. The picture, taken at 1:50 a.m. PST April 21, 1967, is a wide angle 600-line photograph. The surface sampler is designed to dig into the lunar surface to determine bearing strength and other characteristics of the lunar soil. This photograph was made during initial tests of the surface sampler to determine that it was operable two days after Surveyor III soft landed on the lunar surface on April 19.
For Release: April 21, 1967
Photo No.: 67-H-468
Surveyor III-12
Pasadena, Calif.: This Surveyor III photograph shows the spacecraft’s surface sampler partially extended from the spacecraft after initial tests of the instrument to determine that it was operable two days after Surveyor III soft landed on the lunar surface. The sampler’s scoop is seen toward the top of the photo extended about 40 inches from the Surveyor spaceframe. The spacecraft’s auxiliary battery is shown at bottom. The picture was taken by Surveyor at 2:45 a.m. PST, April 21, 1967, and is a wide-angle, 600-line photograph. The surface sample is designed to dig into the lunar surface to determine bearing strength and other characteristics of the lunar soil.
For Release: April 22, 1967
Photo No.: 67-H-469
Surveyor III-22
Pasadena, Calif.: Surface sampler barely makes contact with lunar surface at first selected bearing point on April 21, 1967.
For Release: April 22, 1967
Photo No.: 67-H-470
Surveyor III-23
Pasadena, Calif.: Portions of two Surveyor III photographs are put together to show (top) the surface sampler after it has been pushed down into the lunar surface, and (bottom) the depression left in the lunar soil after the sampler has been withdrawn. Pictures were taken at 9:14 p.m. and 9:17 p.m. PST on April 21.
For Release: April 22, 1967
Photo No.: 67-H-471
Surveyor III-24
Pasadena, Calif.: Surveyor III’s surface sampler is shown in place at the end of the first trench it dug on the lunar surface on April 21, 1967.
For Release: April 22, 1967
Photo No.: 67-H-472
Surveyor III-25
Pasadena, Calif.: A region of lunar soil disturbed by the surface sampler of Surveyor III, as the digging device was drawn through the soil. The hole made by the sampler is seen on the right side of the photograph, which shows a region of the surface about 4 inches by 4 inches.
For Release: April 22, 1967
Photo No.: 67-H-473
Surveyor III-26
Pasadena, Calif.: A close-up photograph of the upper end of the first trench made on the lunar surface by Surveyor III’s surface sampler. The sampler has taken a clean bite out of the lunar soil.
For Release: April 22, 1967
Photo No.: 67-H-474
Surveyor III-28
Pasadena, Calif.: This picture shows the upper end of the second 2 inch wide trench begun by the surface sampler of Surveyor III. The sampling device is seen at the lower right corner of the photograph. Picture was taken at 2:33 a.m. PST on April 22, 1967.
For Release: April 22, 1967
Photo No.: 67-H-475
Surveyor III-28
Pasadena, Calif.: In this picture, Surveyor III’s surface sampler rests at the upper end of a trench which it has begun in the lunar soil. More passes down the trench will be made in an attempt to deepen it. The trench, which is two inches wide, appears below the sampler mechanism.
For Release: April 24, 1967
Photo No.: 67-H-481
Surveyor III-30
Pasadena, Calif.: Mosaic of four narrow-angle pictures of the Surveyor III surface sampler and the trench it furrowed in the lunar surface. The scoop is resting in the further end (top) of the 15-inch-long, two-inch-wide trench. At this stage, after one pass by the scoop, the trench is about three to four inches deep and the sampler is positioned for a second pass. Further end of the trench is about 40 inches from the spacecraft. The scoop door is open and can be seen in the exact center of the top segment of the mosaic. Some of the lunar fragments produced by trenching are angular, some are rounded. The four pictures in this mosaic were taken by Surveyor III’s television camera during the April 22-23 viewing period of the Goldstone Space Communications Station. Area covered in the original pictures was nearly full-scale. Dark markings on the drag tape, seen extended from the scoop to bottom of picture are two inches apart.
For Release:
Photo No.: 67-H-482
Only information for this image is noted from handwritten data on back of image as written below:
67-H-482
Can A 0082
File #011043
Surveyor III
For Release: April 24, 1967
Photo No.: 67-H-483
Surveyor III-33
Pasadena, Calif.: Surveyor III’s television camera photographs the Earth about midway through the eclipse of April 24. Brightest portion of the lighted ring around the Earth appears in the north polar regions – Alaska and the Bering Strait. The solar disc passed slightly north of Earth’s equator. This produced the extra brightness in the Northern Hemisphere. Picture was taken at 4:01 a.m. PST.
For Release: April 24, 1967
Photo No.: 67-H-484
Surveyor III-32
Pasadena, Calif.: Both sunrise and sunset on Earth are seen in this photo of the Earth’s disc passing across the sun as photographed from a vantage point on the moon. The picture was taken by Surveyor III’s television camera at 3:24 a.m. PST during the April 24 eclipse. On the upper left side of the disc, the sun is setting over Asia and the Indian Ocean. Lower right edge shows sunrise over the southeast Pacific. At this stage of the eclipse, the Earth and sun are 42 minutes into the period to totality. Brightest portion of the lighted ring around the Earth is in the northwest quadrant of the Earth as viewed from the moon. This is the eastern portion of the Asian Continent.
For Release: April 26, 1967
Photo No.: 67-H-490
Surveyor III-35
Pasadena, Calif.: Surveyor III’s surface sampler, its scoop containing about two cubic inches of lunar material, is approaching the spacecraft’s footpad #2 to deposit the soil on the white surface. In order to determine correct extension for positioning the scoop over the foot, the sampler was commanded to make the surface impression seen at bottom left. Distance from the positioning mark to nearest edge of foot is nine to ten inches. Material in scoop was picked up near trench (out of view to the left) several feet away. Circular impression above foot is the imprint of the foot made as Surveyor landed on April 19, 1967. This photo was taken by the spacecraft’s television camera at 3:42 a.m. PST, April 26.
For Release: April 26, 1967
Photo No.: 67-H-491
(handwritten note: Can A 0107, File #010317)
Surveyor III-34
Pasadena, Calif.: Lunar material was dumped on white surface of Surveyor III’s footpad #2 by surface sampler to enable close examination of the disturbed soil under good viewing conditions. Soil was picked up several feet away in sampler scoop and moved to a position above the foot where the scoop door was opened. Volume of the material dropped is about two cubic inches, approximately one-third the capacity of the scoop. In foreground of photo is a color calibration chart which can be used in a color study of the material. Chart is mounted on Surveyor’s leg. Scene was photographed in narrow-angle (six-degree field of view) four times, each time with a different filter (clear, red, green and blue). This photo was taken at 3:57 a.m. PST on April 26 using the red filter in Surveyor III’s TV camera.
For Release: May 3, 1967
Photo No.: 67-H-525
Surveyor III-36
Pasadena, Calif.: Late afternoon sun on the moon silhouettes the Surveyor III spacecraft against interior of the crater in which it landed two weeks ago. Picture, taken at 7:39 a.m. PDT on May 2, is among more than 6000 photos obtained by Surveyor during its first lunar day (14 Earth days) operations. Sunset on the Surveyor landing site was expected some 30 hours after this photo was taken. Surface sampler is seen in its final position at left, the arm almost fully extended – about five feet from the spacecraft – and the scoop two feet above the surface. Awning-like shadow at right is image of solar panel and high-gain antenna mounted on mast. At left of mast is shadow of the TV camera which took the picture. Sun shines from directly behind spacecraft.
For Release: May 3, 1967
Photo No.: 67-H-526
Surveyor III-37
Pasadena, Calif.: Surveyor III’s surface sampler scoop is imbedded in lunar surface after it was raised about 30 inches, released and dropped on May 3 during final experiments with the device. Penetration test was one of several dozen tests conducted with the sampler since Surveyor landed on the moon on April 19. Deep surface depression at left of scoop is one of four trenches furrowed by the sampler. Trench is two inches wide, ten inches long and about five inches deep. Shadow detail includes that of the sampler’s flexible arm, part of the spacecraft structure and Surveyor’s TV camera at right of photo. Picture was taken at 7:08 a.m. PDT on May 2.
For Release: May 23, 1967
Photo No.: 67-H-758
Surveyor III-42
Pasadena, Calif.: A narrow angle Surveyor III TV picture of large twin boulders north of the spacecraft taken at 7:47 a.m. April 30, 1967. This is one of the 17 features seen in Surveyor III’s pictures that can also be seen in a photo of the area taken by Lunar Orbiter III in February, 1967.
For Release: May 23, 1967
Photo No.: 67-H-789
Surveyor III-W
116 104613
P-6553 B
Pasadena, Calif.: Surveyor III’s surface sampler is elevated to view bottom end of trench at left where object, apparently a clod but thought to have been a rock, was crushed by closing scoop door. Picture was taken on April 26 and covers a 25-degree (wide-angle) field of view. Lunar material enclosed in the scoop when the clod was crushed was then transported to the spacecraft’s footpad #2 and dropped onto the surface of the foot. Another trench, one of four furrowed in the surface during Surveyor III’s first lunar day operations, is seen below sampler arm and to right of scoop shadow.
For Release: May 23, 1967
Photo No.: 67-H-790
Surveyor III-W
116 115326
P-6554 A
Pasadena, Calif.: Wide-angle (25-degree field of view) picture of Surveyor III’s surface sampler extending arm and the spacecraft’s footpad #2. Note pile of lunar material on surface of foot which was deposited there by the sampler scoop on April 26, the fourth of 10 days of sampler operation. Soil was picked up several feet away and moved to a position above the foot where the scoop door was opened.
For Release: May 23, 1967
Photo No.: 67-H-791
Surveyor III-W
116 120054
P-6554 B
Pasadena, Calif.: Lunar material was dumped on white surface of Surveyor III’s footpad #2 by surface sampler to enable close examination of the disturbed soil under good viewing conditions. Soil was picked up several feet away in sampler scoop and moved to a position above the foot where the scoop door was opened. Volume of the material dropped is about two cubic inches, approximately one-third the capacity of the scoop. In foreground of photo is a color calibration chart which can be used in a color study of the material. Chart is mounted on Surveyor’s leg. Scene was photographed in narrow-angle (six-degree field of view) four times, each time with a different filter (clear, red, green and blue). This photo was taken at 4:00 a.m. PST on April 26 using the red filter in Surveyor III’s TV camera.
For Release: May 23, 1967
Photo No.: 67-H-792
Surveyor III-W
118 102010
P-6555 A
Pasadena, Calif.: Surveyor III’s surface sampler scoop approaches small bright object (left of open scoop door) on the lunar surface about five feet from the spacecraft. Darker material at bottom left had fallen out of scoop on previous movement. The object, about one-half inch in diameter and apparently a pebble, was picked up a few minutes after this picture was taken at 2:20 a.m. on April 28 and deposited on footpad #2 of the spacecraft. Darker material at bottom left fell out of scoop on previous movement.
For Release: May 23, 1967
Photo No.: 67-H-793
Surveyor III-W
118 104908
P-6555 B
Pasadena, Calif.: Lunar surface about five feet from Surveyor III shows mark (Bottom center) where surface sampler picked up cleanly an object which apparently was a small rock. Picture was taken by Surveyor’s TV camera at 2:49 a.m. April 28, 1967.
For Release: May 23, 1967
Photo No.: 67-H-794
Surveyor III-W
121 143658
P-6556 A
Pasadena, Calif.: Surveyor III’s surface sampler holds small lunar rock — about one inch across — clamped between its scoop and the scoop’s motor-driven door during lunar operations on May 1, 1967. Rock had been excavated the preceding day from where it was partially buried in the lunar surface about 4½ feet from the spacecraft. Several bearing test points made earlier by the sampler can be seen on the surface to the left of antenna shadow.
For Release: May 23, 1967
Photo No.: 67-H-796
Surveyor III-W
118 100546
P-6557 A
Pasadena, Calif.: Trenches I and 2 dug on the moon by Surveyor III surface sampler are shown in this wide-angle photograph. A small white object, barely discernible at the top of the right-hand trench. Later was picked up by the sampler and dropped on the spacecraft’s footpad No. 2. The object did not crumble and is believed to be a rock, diameter about ½ inch. This picture was taken at 2:05 a.m. (PST) on April 28, 1967.
For Release: May 23, 1967
Photo No.: 67-H-797
Surveyor III-W
121 143902
P-6557 B
Pasadena, Calif.: Surveyor III surface sampler poises above light rock on the lunar surface on May 1, 1967. In this narrow angle view, the rock – 1½ inches long and one inch across – is seen partially buried. The surface sampler was used to excavate and pick up the object for examination.
For Release: May 23, 1967
Photo No.: 67-H-798
Surveyor III-W
114 061455
P-6564
Pasadena, Calif.: Close-up of Surveyor III’s surface sampler scoop, with door open and in trenching position in the lunar surface, reveals what appears to be a rock (bottom center). Scoop door subsequently was closed on the object, apparently crushing it and disclosing it to be a clod of lunar soil.
For Release: May 23, 1967
Photo No.: 67-H-799
Surveyor III-W
P-6567
Pasadena, Calif.: Lunar Orbiter III medium resolution photograph M154 shows the Surveyor III landing area inscribed by square.
For Release: May 23, 1967
Photo No.: 67-H-800
Surveyor III-W
P-6568
Pasadena, Calif.: Crater Lansberg and region to the southeast shows Surveyor III landing location (small circle) and outline of Lunar Orbiter III medium resolution photo M154 which covered this region of the Ocean of Storms. – University of Arizona Lunar and Planetary Laboratory 61-inch reflector photograph.
For Release: May 23, 1967
Photo No.: 67-H-801
Surveyor III-W
P-6569
Pasadena, Calif.: Diagram showing orientation of Earth at 3:37 a.m. PST, April 30, 1967, when pictures of the crescent Earth were taken by Surveyor III one-quarter-million miles away. About four hours of Earth daylight can be seen.
For Release: May 23, 1967
Photo No.: 67-H-802
Surveyor III-W
P-6570
Pasadena, Calif.: Crater Lansberg (upper left with bright rim) and region to southeast shows Surveyor III location (small circle in center) in moon’s Ocean of Storms. Landing site of spacecraft is seen in its relation to ray of crater Copernicus (bright band from top center of picture to circle). – Yerkees Observatory 40-inch refractor photograph.
For Release: May 23, 1967
Photo No.: 67-H-803
Surveyor III-W
P-6571
Pasadena, Calif.: Crater Lansberg and region to southeast under low evening illumination showing low ridge segments northeast of Surveyor III location (small circle at center). – McDonald Observatory 82-inch reflector photograph.
For Release: May 23, 1967
Photo No.: 67-H-804
Surveyor III-W
P-6572
Pasadena, Calif.: Small part of Lunar Orbiter III high resolution photo H154 shows the location of the Surveyor III spacecraft in 600-foot-diameter crater. White triangle, in center of picture, represents the exact size and orientation of the spacecraft. By comparing surface features in both Surveyor III pictures and this Orbiter III picture, Surveyor’s landing site has been determined to be within less than one yard.
Surveyor III-W
120 145423-145222
P-6573
Pasadena, Calif.: Mosaic of two narrow-angle Surveyor III pictures, showing block about 20 inches across close to spacecraft. Position and size of circles are used in measuring roundness factor. Largest circle encompasses entire block. Smaller circles are fitted to corners and rounded parts of the outline of block that occults the distant lunar scene. The geometric mean of the radii of the small circles divided by the radius of the large circle is defined as the roundness factor.
For Release: May 23, 1967
Photo No.: 67-H-807
Surveyor III-W
P-6575
Pasadena, Calif.: Sample of ejected fragmental debris collected from the rim of Meteor Crater, Arizona. Area of floor of box in which sample has been placed is one square meter. Fragments are sandy dolomite from the Kaibab Formation of Permian age. Coarsest piece is 4½ inches across, and finest grains identifiable in the picture are about 1 mm across. Spacing between coarser fragments resembles that observed for blocks in strewn fields around small craters at the Surveyor III landing site.
For Release: May 23, 1967
Photo No.: 67-H-808
Surveyor III-W
P-6576
Pasadena, Calif.: Sample of ash and pumice from volcanic ash flow deposited in the Valley of 10,000 Smokes, Alaska, during the eruption of 1912. Area of floor of box in which sample has been placed is one square meter. Coarsest fragments of pumice in sample are 1-1½ inches across and finest grains identifiable in the picture are about 1 mm across.
For Release: May 23, 1967
Photo No.: 67-H-809
Surveyor III-W
120 145423-145222
P-6577
Pasadena, Calif.: Mosaic of two narrow-angle Surveyor III pictures, showing block about 20 inches across near the spacecraft and fine-grained material banked up against side of block. Note nearly horizontal groove in side of block facing camera. This groove may have been produced by differential erosion of the surface of the block along a bedding plane or a comparatively easily eroded layer.
For Release: May 23, 1967
Photo No.: 67-H-810
Surveyor III-W
116 055453
P-6578
Pasadena, Calif.: Wide-angle Surveyor III picture, showing imprint in lunar surface produced by footpad 2 of the spacecraft when it landed April 19, 1967. Part of the top of footpad 2 may be seen next to circular imprint. Note the smooth bottom and sloping walls of the imprint and the dark raised rim of lumpy material around the imprint. Picture, which covers a 25-degree field of view, was taken April 25.
For Release: May 23, 1967
Photo No.: 67-H-811
Surveyor III-W
116 060555
P-6579
Pasadena, Calif.: Narrow-angle Surveyor III picture, showing imprint in lunar surface produced by footpad 2 of the spacecraft. Part of the top of footpad 2 is visible at lower right. Note breaks in smooth wall of imprint at lower right. Note breaks in smooth wal of imprint resembling chatter marks. Rim of dark, lumpy material is absent near upper left corner of picture. The dark lumpy material appears to have collapsed or slumped across the sector of the imprint wall near the top of the picture and extends down to the floor of the imprint.
For Release: May 23, 1967
Photo No.: 67-H-812
Surveyor III-W
116 083736
P-6580
Pasadena, Calif.: Part of narrow-angle Surveyor III picture shows imprint in lunar surface produced by footpad 2 of the spacecraft during the second touchdown of the landing sequence. The imprint occurs on a small crater wall facing the camera and the imprint lacks a rim of the side facing the camera. Note that the floor of the imprint is stepped down along several breaks toward the camera and toward the center of the small crater. Bottom of crater is to right and below the crater. The crater in which the imprint was formed is about three feet across. Picture was taken April 26, 1967.
For Release: May 23, 1967
Photo No.: 67-H-813
Surveyor III-W
116 090706
P-6581
Pasadena, Calif.: Part of wide-angle Surveyor III picture shows rounded fragment eight inches across lying on top of fragmental debris. Picture was taken at 1:07 a.m. PST on April 26, 1967, during Surveyor’s seventh day on the moon.
For Release: May 23, 1967
Photo No.: 67-H-814
Surveyor III-W
118 143051
P-6582
Pasadena, Calif.: Part of Surveyor III picture shows angular block near the spacecraft and fine-grained material banked up against the side of the block facing the camera. Note small particles that can be resolved in the fine-grained debris. Black dots are reseau marks on the face of the camera vidicon tube. On a complete TV frame, the marks form a pattern used to determine distortion.
For Release: May 23, 1967
Photo No.: 67-H-815
Surveyor III-W
120 143700
P-6583
Pasadena, Calif.: Portion of a narrow-angle Surveyor III picture shows part of northeast wall of crater in which the spacecraft is located. Two craters about 4½ feet in diameter (left) and six feet in diameter (right) and a wedge-shaped fragment protruding eight inches above the surface are shown in the picture. Surveyor’s TV camera took the picture at 7:37 a.m. PDT on April 30, 1967.
For Release: May 23, 1967
Photo No.: 67-H-816
Surveyor III-W
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P-6584
Pasadena, Calif.: Part of narrow-angle Surveyor III picture shows a small area on the lunar surface close to the spacecraft in which the size frequency distribution of fragments was measured. Smallest fragments resolved in this picture are about 2 mm across and largest fragments present are about one and one-half inches across. Picture was taken by Surveyor III’s TV camera at 7:32 a.m. on April 30, 1967.
For Release: May 23, 1967
Photo No.: 67-H-817
Surveyor III-W
120 145159
P-6585
Pasadena, Calif.: Rounded fragment about five inches high lying close to the Surveyor III spacecraft is seen in this picture, part of a narrow-angle (six-degree field of view) Surveyor TV frame taken on April 30, 1967. Fragment, which has small, deep pits on its surface, shows vesicular features similar to those of a larger rock seen at the Surveyor I landing site some 375 miles away.
For Release: May 23, 1967
Photo No.: 67-H-818
Surveyor III-W
P-6619 A
Pasadena, Calif.: Drawing shows the area of operation of Surveyor III’s surface sampler with labeling to indicate location and type of each test of the surface by the device during the first lunar day.
For Release: May 23, 1967
Photo No.: 67-H-819
Surveyor III-W
P-6619 B
Pasadena, Calif.: Drawings show the area of operation and the mechanism of Surveyor III’s surface sampler.
For Release: May 23, 1967
Photo No.: 67-H-820
Surveyor III-W
Mosaic – Day 113
P-6620 B
Pasadena, Calif.: Mosaic of four narrow-angle pictures of a trench furrowed in the lunar surface by Surveyor III’s surface sampler after the scoop was removed. Trench is 15 inches long, two inches wide and about three to four inches deep. Further end (top) is about 40 inches from the spacecraft. Some of the lunar fragments produced by trenching are angular, some are rounded. The four pictures in this mosaic were taken by Surveyor III’s television camera during the April 22-23 viewing period of the Goldstone Space Communications Station in California. Area covered in the original pictures was nearly full-scale. Surveyor’s narrow-angle pictures cover a six-degree field of view.
For Release: May 23, 1967
Photo No.: 67-H-821
Surveyor III-W
112 050701-051727
P-6621
Pasadena, Calif.: Portions of two Surveyor III photographs are put together to show (top) the surface sampler resting on the lunar surface, and (bottom) the depression left in the lunar soil after the sampler has been driven into the surface for a bearing strength test and withdrawn. Pictures were taken at 9:07 p.m. and 9:17 p.m. PST on April 21.
For Release: May 23, 1967
Photo No.: 67-H-834
Surveyor III-W
120 154219
P-6561 A
Surface sampler of Surveyor III bears down on apparent small rock or clod in test on lunar surface on April 30. The object crumbled, proving to be a clod.
For Release: May 23, 1967
Photo No.: 67-H-835
Surveyor III-W
120 154542
P-6561 B
After Surveyor III surface sampler was pressed down on an apparent rock on the Moon, the scoop was raised to reveal the object had crumbled. Picture was taken by Surveyor’s TV camera on April 30.
For Release: May 23, 1967
Photo No.: 67-H-836
Surveyor III-W
120 153614
P-6562 A
Pasadena, Calif.: Lunar object is spotted by Surveyor III partially imbedded in the surface. When dug up and lifted by the spacecraft’s surface sampler, the scoop gave it a squeeze and found it a fairly solid rock rather than a clump of lunar soil. Picture was taken on April 30, 1967.
For Release: May 23, 1967
Photo No.: 67-H-837
Surveyor III-W
117 104550
P-6562 B
The Moon’s soil proves cohesive in trench #3 dug by Surveyor III surface sampler on April 27. The clear-cut head of the trench stands firm after the first pass of the sampler scoop. Grooves visible at the head of the trench were made by screw heads on blade of the scoop.
For Release: May 23, 1967
Photo No.: 67-H-838
Surveyor III-W
117 085645
P-6560 B
Extensive cracks in the Moon’s crust appeared after Surveyor III surface sampler was driven into the lunar surface on April 27. Impression and cracks are observed at high sun angle. Shadow of sampler extending arm is seen at lower right.
For Release: May 23, 1967
Photo No.: 67-H-839
Surveyor III-W
121 161414
P-6563 A
Fourth pass through trench is lunar surface by Surveyor III’s surface sampler on May 1 deepens furrow to about 6½ or 7 inches, estimated by viewing the TV pictures. Pass was made by using the scoop blade as a pick by chopping at the bottom of trench and scraping out the loose material.
For Release: May 23, 1967
Photo No.: 67-H-840
Surveyor III-W
120 154008
P-6560 A
The lunar soil is wrinkled slightly by this bearing test of Surveyor III surface sampler shortly after landing on the Moon. This test was at a distance of several feet from the spacecraft’s footpad #2.
For Release: May 23, 1967
Photo No.: 67-H-841
Surveyor III-W
117 093012
P-6559 B
Dropped from a height of about two feet, the Surveyor III surface sampler left this substantial dent in the lunar surface. This was the third bearing test near the spacecraft’s footpad #2. Note the cracks in the lunar surface. The sampler scoop weighs only about one pound.
For Release: May 23, 1967
Photo No.: 67-H-842
Surveyor III-W
113 072204
P-6558 B
The pliability of the lunar soil is apparent in this picture of Surveyor III surface sampler taken April 22. This shows bits of the lunar soil ahead of the bucket as the sampler is being drawn toward the spacecraft on the second pass through trench #2.
For Release: May 23, 1967
Photo No.: 67-H-843
Surveyor III-W
118 094808
P-6559 A
Surveyor III surface sampler gets into position to pick up rock from Moon’s surface. In moving to this position on April 28, the bucket has left a dark arcing trail of lunar soil across the surface to the right. Bearing test holes are also visible at the right of the extended sampler arm.
For Release: May 23, 1967
Photo No.: 67-H-844
Surveyor III-W
P-6558 A
Surveyor III surface sampler completes second pass through Trench #2 on the Moon on April 22. Auxiliary battery housing cantilevered from the spacecraft is seen in lower left of picture. At this time the depth of the trench was about three inches and it had been extended to 20 inches in length.
For Release: May 23, 1967
Photo No.: 67-H-845
Surveyor III-W
120 160843
P-6553 A
Surveyor III’s surface sampler is raised about 12 inches above the lunar surface to be dropped in an impact test conducted April 30, 1967. The three rectangular impressions seen to the right of the spacecraft’s antenna shadow are the result of bearing strength tests conducted earlier by driving the scoop into the surface. Large object at lower left is Surveyor’s auxiliary battery which is cantilevered from the spacecraft. Trench #2 is at top right.
For Release: May 23, 1967
Photo No.: 67-H-846
Surveyor III-W
P-6526 A
A mosaic of narrow angle pictures taken by Surveyor III’s TV camera on April 30, 1967. View is due north of the spacecraft and clearly shows features identified in photos of the area taken by Lunar Orbiter III in February 1967. One of these features is the pair of large boulders in the upper center. Others include the rocky 42-foot crater beyond the twin boulders toward horizon and the crater in the foreground. Each narrow-angle frame covers a six-degree field of view.
For Release: May 23, 1967
Photo No.: 67-H-847
Surveyor III-W
P-6565
Spherical mosaic of narrow-angle Surveyor III pictures of the Moon taken on April 30, 1967. The lunar horizon and several parts of the spacecraft are clearly visible in the mosaic. Inclination of the horizon is due to the 23.5° tilt of the camera. Note the shadow of omni-directional antenna B on lunar surface and the antenna itself to the left. Trench in lower part of the mosaic was dug by the surface sampler. Extended sampler is at right. Small tracks which end at rocks less than an inch across can be seen on lunar surface to the right of the antenna shadow. Mosaic was prepared by the U.S. Geological Survey. Each photo chip is two inches square and represents a six-degree field of view as seen by Surveyor’s TV camera. Pictures are mounted in an overlapping fashion against concave surface of the three-foot hemisphere.
For Release: May 23, 1967
Photo No.: 67-H-848
Surveyor III-W
120 145235
P-6628
Part of narrow-angle Surveyor III picture shows abundant blocky fragments on north wall of crater in which the spacecraft landed on April 19, 1967. Some of the largest blocks shown are tabular in shape and appear to be laminated. Picture was taken at 7:52 a.m., PDT, April 30.
For Release: May 23, 1967
Photo No.: 67-H-849
Surveyor III-W
P-6623 B
Mosaic of narrow-angle pictures taken by Surveyor III on April 30, 1967, shows tracks on lunar surface near spacecraft left by skidding or rolling of small rocks. Rocks from ¾-inch to one-inch can be seen at the ends of some tracks. They lie at the uphill ends of the tracks indicating they were thrown uphill, probably from a nearby small crater. Note shadow of Surveyor’s omni-directional antenna B to left of tracks.
For Release: May 23, 1967
Photo No.: 67-H-850
Surveyor III-W
211-1685
Mosaic of narrow angle pictures taken by Surveyor III shows the glass mirror top of compartment A. Some of the white specks on the compartment are foreign material. However the picture shows that the compartment was not significantly contaminated by the spacecraft’s multiple landing.
For Release: May 23, 1967
Photo No.: 67-H-851
Surveyor III-W
120 134224
P-6609 A
Portion of a wide angle picture taken by Surveyor III April 30, 1967. Picture shows disturbance of the Moon’s surface created by footpad 3 during the final landing. The elongated imprint of the footpad is 1 to 2 inches deep.
For Release: May 23, 1967
Photo No.: 67-H-852
Surveyor III-W
JPL-211-1686
Enlargement of a mosaic of narrow-angle pictures taken by Surveyor III April 26, 1967. View is to the east of the spacecraft and shows a shallow trench created by the exhaust gases of vernier engine #3 during the second of Surveyor’s three landings. The trench is several feet long.
For Release: May 23, 1967
Photo No.: 67-H-853
Surveyor III-W
JPL-211-1682
Enlargement of a mosaic of narrow-angle pictures taken by Surveyor III April 26, 1967. View is to the east of the spacecraft and shows imprints in the lunar surface made by footpads 1 and 2 on the second of Surveyor’s three landings. Footpad 2 impacted inside a crater about 15 feet in diameter and footpad 1 in a crater about 3 feet in diameter.
For Release: May 23, 1967
Photo No.: 67-H-854
Surveyor III-W
JPL-211-1683
Mosaic of narrow-angle pictures taken by Surveyor III April 26, 1967. View is to the east of the spacecraft and shows imprints in the lunar surface made by the three footpads on the second of Surveyor’s three landings. The imprints are 35 to 45 feet from the final landing position. Also visible is a trench dug by the exhaust gases of vernier engine #3. The first landing is believed to be beyond the horizon in this picture.
For Release: May 23, 1967
Photo No.: 67-H-855
Surveyor III-W
JPL-211-1690 B
Surveyor III shock absorber strain gage histories for three landing legs recorded on April 19, 1967.
For Release: May 23, 1967
Photo No.: 67-H-856
Surveyor III-W
JPL-211-1690 A
Landing diagram for Surveyor III at touchdown on April 19, 1967.
For Release: May 23, 1967
Photo No.: 67-H-858
Surveyor III-W
JPL-211-1684
Mosaic of narrow angle pictures taken by Surveyor III April 26, 1967. Picture shows double imprint of footpad 2 made just before Surveyor came to rest on the Moon. The imprint is ½ to 1 inches deep and about 15 inches from the footpad. Dark surface material was thrown out several feet by the impact of the footpad. Footpad itself is 12 inches in diameter.
For Release: May 23, 1967
Photo No.: 67-H-860
Surveyor III-W
110 090517
P-6589 A
A portion of a wide angle picture taken by Surveyor III April 30, 1967. Picture shows a waffle pattern made by the honeycomb structure on the bottom of footpad #2 when it struck the Moon’s surface just before Surveyor came to rest on the Moon. The angle of the Sun to surface is 14 to 18 degrees.
For Release: May 23, 1967
Photo No.: 67-H-861
Surveyor III-W
P-6635 B
Histograms showing frequency distribution of burial factors for 25 blocks in Area A and 25 blocks in Area B. Blocks in Area A, associated with subdued rim craters, are significantly more deeply buried in the surface than the blocks in Area B, associated with a sharp rim crater.
For Release: May 23, 1967
Photo No.: 67-H-862
Surveyor III-W
117 124925-130121
P-6626 B
Mosaic of narrow-angle Surveyor III pictures portrays part of southwest wall of main crater and strewn field of blocks. Outline shows boundary of Area A, in which roundness factor and burial factor of blocks were measured. High Sun makes it difficult to discern two subdued rim craters (lower left and upper right) with which the blocks are associated. Round white object at lower right is one of Surveyor’s two omnidirectional antennas.
For Release: May 23, 1967
Photo No.: 67-H-863
Surveyor III-W
120 143857-150745
P-6626 A
Mosaic of narrow-angle Surveyor III pictures showing crater 42 feet across and associated strewn field of blocks on northeast wall of main crater in which the spacecraft is located. Crater is just below horizon at top center of mosaic. Outlines show boundary of Area B, in which roundness factor and burial factor of blocks were measured, and boundary of Area C, in which size frequency distribution of fragments was measured. Narrow-angle frames, each of which covers a six-degree field of view, were taken during a 30-minute period of April 30.
For Release: May 23, 1967
Photo No.: 67-H-864
Surveyor III-W
P-6633 B
Size frequency distribution of fragments at the Surveyor III landing site.
For Release: May 23, 1967
Photo No.: 67-H-865
Surveyor III-W
P-6627
Mosaic of narrow-angle Surveyor III pictures showing part of northeast wall of crater in which the spacecraft is located. The crater wall is illuminated by the glancing rays of the early morning Sun, which reveal a large number of small craters and many angular fragments of debris Area 1, which was studied for the size-freque3ncy distribution of small craters.
For Release: May 23, 1967
Photo No.: 67-H-866
Surveyor III-W
ESSA 3, Southern H.
P-6631 A
Stereographic mosaic of ESSA 3 pictures of the Earth’s southern hemisphere taken on the day preceding the April 24 eclipse. Bright areas are clouds and mountainous regions. Southern portion of South America can be seen at top right and the Australian continent in the center of the lower left quadrant. Dark areas are clear of clouds. Solid dark area in center of picture apparently is lack of complete coverage over Antarctica. Trace across picture inscribes limb of the Earth as it was seen from the Moon in the second of two series of eclipse pictures taken by Surveyor III. Also shown are positions of the beads and bright region in the refraction halo portrayed in the eclipse pictures. Beads occur in areas which are largely clear. Mosaic proved by courtesy of Dr. David S. Johnson, National Environmental Satellite Center, ESSA.
For Release: May 23, 1967
Photo No.: 67-H-867
Surveyor III-W
P-6634 B
Size frequency distribution of small craters at Surveyor III landing site compared with the size frequency distribution of craters estimated for the Surveyor I landing site and the mean size frequency distribution of small craters on lunar plains determined from Ranger VII, VIII, and IX pictures.
For Release: May 23, 1967
Photo No.: 67-H-868
Surveyor III-W
P-6635 A
Detailed panometric map of area around Surveyor III spacecraft, showing craters and blocks, the local horizon, areas studied for size distribution of fragmental debris, the present position of the footpads and camera of Surveyor III and the position of footpad imprints made during the second touchdown of the spacecraft. The position of the spacecraft is known to within about one-half meter relative to craters and blocks resolved on the Lunar Orbiter III pictures.
For Release: May 23, 1967
Photo No.: 67-H-869
Surveyor III-W
P-6633 A
Mean cumulative size frequency distribution of fragments for characteristic parts of the lunar surface at Surveyor III landing site are compared with mean cumulative size frequency distribution of fragments observed at Surveyor I landing site. True particle size distribution expected to be produced by incident flux of meteoroids on the lunar surface is shown with dashed line. The true fragment size distribution at both Surveyor I and Surveyor III landing sites probably is close to this predicted distribution.
For Release: May 23, 1967
Photo No.: 67-H-870
Surveyor III-W
P-6632
Contour map of Surveyor III landing site. Shown are craters and blocks resolved in Lunar Orbiter III photographs, the local horizon as observed from the Surveyor III camera, the rim crest of the main crater, and areas studied in detail with the Surveyor III pictures. Contours were plotted using information obtained both from Lunar Orbiter III pictures and from Surveyor III pictures.
For Release: May 23, 1967
Photo No.: 67-H-871
Surveyor III-W
P-6634 A
Size frequency distribution of particles in sample of ash and pumice from the volcanic ash flow deposited in the Valley of 10,000 Smokes, Alaska, during the eruption of 1912.
For Release: May 23, 1967
Photo No.: 67-H-872
Surveyor III-W
P-6629
Superimposed Surveyor III pictures illustrate distribution of light in the refraction halo of the Earth at the times when two series of eclipse pictures were taken from the Moon on April 24, 1967. An eclipse image taken from the first series has been reduced in size and shown nested within an eclipse image taken from the later series. The angular orientation of both images is the same. Nineteen beads, identified by letters, can be distinguished. Note that the angular position of beads in the refraction halo tends to remain the same, but the bright region nearest the sun changes position between the time of the first series and of the second series, progressing with the sun.
For Release: May 23, 1967
Photo No.: 67-H-873
Surveyor III-W
P-6630 B
Histograms showing frequency distribution of roundness factors for 25 blocks in Area A and 25 blocks in Area B. Blocks in Area A, associated with subdued rim craters, are significantly more rounded than blocks in Area B, associated with a sharp rim crater.
For Release: May 23, 1967
Photo No.: 67-H-874
Surveyor III-W
P-6630 A
Diagrams showing orientation of Earth and position of the Sun, as seen from the Moon, at 3:24 a.m., PST and 4:01 a.m., PST, April 24, 1967. A series of pictures of the eclipse of the Sun by the Earth were taken with the Surveyor III television camera approximately at each of the times illustrated. Also shown are the approximate positions of the continents at the two times.
For Release: May 23, 1967
Photo No.: 67-H-875
Surveyor III-W
ESSA 3, Northern H.
P-6631 B
Stereographic mosaic of ESSA 3 pictures of the Earth’s northern hemisphere taken on the day preceding the April 24 eclipse. Bright areas are clouds and mountainous regions. Solid white areas at center are the Arctic snow fields. Dark areas are clear of clouds. Note position of African Continent which can be seen at right. Trace across picture inscribes limb of the Earth as it was seen from the Moon in the second of two series of eclipse pictures taken by Surveyor III. Also shown are the positions of beads and the bright region in the refraction halo portrayed in the eclipse pictures. Beads occur in areas which are largely clear. Mosaic provided by courtesy of Dr. David S. Johnson, National Environmental Satellite Center, ESSA.
For Release: May 23, 1967
Photo No.: 67-H-876
Surveyor III-W
P-6526 A
A mosaic of narrow angle pictures taken by Surveyor III’s TV camera on April 30, 1967. View is due north of the spacecraft and clearly shows features identified in photos of the area taken by Lunar Orbiter III in February 1967. Once of these features is the pair of large boulders in the upper center. Others include the rocky 42-foot crater beyond the twin boulders toward horizon and the crater in the foreground. Each narrow-angle frame covers a six-degree field of view.
For Release: May 23, 1967
Photo No.: 67-H-878
Surveyor III-41
A mosaic of narrow angle pictures taken by Surveyor III’s television camera on April 30, 1967. View is due north of the spacecraft and contains the four features, marked A, B, C, and D identified in photographs of the area taken by Lunar Orbiter III in February, 1967 (see NASA Photo No. 67-H-880). One of the features marked C are large twin boulders. The other three features are craters within Surveyor’s landing site crater at various distances from the spacecraft.
For Release: May 23, 1967
Photo No.: 67-H-879
Surveyor III-42
A narrow angle Surveyor III TV picture of April 30, 1967. This is one of the 17 features seen in Surveyor III’s pictures that can also be seen in a photo of the area taken by Lunar Orbiter III in February 1967. The boulders are marked “c” in NASA photos no. 67-H-878 and 67-H-880.
