Lunar Surveyor V Press Images

Surveyor V

For Release: Immediate
Photo No.: 67-H-1216

Surveyor V-2
September 10, 1967

Pasadena, Calif.: Surveyor V picture of the lunar surface was taken at 7:05 p.m. PDT, September 10, 1967, less than 1½ hours after the spacecraft made a rocket-controlled landing on the lunar surface less than two degrees from the moon’s equator in the southwest portion of the Sea of Tranquility. Prominent rock near center is about 8½ feet from camera and is 4½ inches across. Long shadows are cast by the rocks because the sun was only 18° above the horizon. Helium tank for pressurizing vernier propulsion system is seen at left. Omindirectional antenna boom is at top. This is one of 18 200-line TV pictures taken by the camera during the first few hours of post-landing operation.

For Release: Immediate
Photo No.: 67-H-1217

Surveyor V-1
September 10, 1967

Pasadena, Calif.: First picture of Surveyor V taken by its television camera one hour and 18 minutes after the spacecraft soft-landed on the moon’s Sea of Tranquility on September 10, 1967. At center of photo is footpad #3, and top of helium pressure tank is seen at bottom. Dark cylinder at right is omnidirectional antenna boom which casts shadow across upper left corner of picture. Disturbed area near center of picture was caused by impact of Surveyor’s foot. Some lunar material appears to be present on the top of the footpad, which indicates the foot dug into the lunar surface during the landing.

For Release: September 11, 1967
Photo No.: 67-H-1224

Surveyor V-5

Pasadena, Calif.: First “chemistry set” on the moon is seen in this picture taken by Surveyor V’s television camera on September 11, 1967. The alpha scattering instrument, which is used to determine the chemical composition of the lunar soil, was deployed to the moon’s surface several hours earlier by ground commands transmitted from the Deep Space Network station near Madrid, Spain. The gold and white sensor head, which measures about 7 x 6 x 5 inches and has a circular white skirt on the bottom, was lowered about 30 inches to the surface by a nylon line attached to the bracket at left. The five-pound unit contains six individual radiation sources (Curium 242), which bombard the surface with alpha particles. Radiation detectors in the sensor head measure the energies of the back-scattered alpha particles and protons from the surface. Analysis of the measurements transmitted to Earth from Surveyor V is expected to determine the various chemical elements in the lunar surface material. The “ribbon” attached to the unit and leading to the spacecraft is a flat cable carrying power to the instrument and data from the detectors back to the spacecraft telemetry system.

For Release: Immediate, September 14, 1967
Photo No.: 67-H-1233

Mosaic of nine wide angle pictures taken Sunday night, Sept. 10 by Surveyor V shows the floor of the 30-foot crater in which the spacecraft landed. Leg No. 2 of the Surveyor is at lower right. A furrow ploughed by the foot as the spacecraft slid down hill extends to the right. Small fragments kicked up in the landing are scattered over the surface just above and to the left of the foot. Across the center of the mosaic is the floor of the five-foot-deep crater. Bottom of the crater’s far wall is at top. Surveyor V foot No. 1, not seen, is resting near rim of crater behind the camera. Slope on which Surveyor rests is about 20 degrees.

For Release: September 29, 1967
Photo No.: 67-H-1282

Surveyor V – W-1

Washington: Close-up view of furrow dug by footpad #2 of Surveyor V during lunar landing on Sept. 10, 1967. Furrow is approximately four to six inches deep and three feet long. Wall of trench consists of dark clods of fine-grained material and a few bright fragments probably of coherent rock. Clods are similar to form to those seen in a plowed field on Earth. Surveyor V spacecraft, the fifth in the series of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration’s soft lunar landing program, was launched by an Atlas-Centaur vehicle at 3:57 EDP, Sept. 8, 1967 from Complex 36, Cape Kennedy, Fla., and soft landed on the Moon at 8:46 p.m., EDT, Sept. 10, 1967. Like the four previous Surveyors, Surveyor V’s mission was to perform a soft-landing in the Apollo area of interest on the Moon and to take television pictures on the lunar surface around its landing site. The program is managed for NASA by the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California.

For Release: September 29, 1967
Photo No.: 67-H-1283

Surveyor V – W2

Washington: Close-up view of furrow dug by footpad #2 of Surveyor V during lunar landing on Sept. 10, 1967. Furrow is approximately four to six inches deep and three feet long. Wall of trench consists of dark clods of fine-grained material and a few bright fragments probably of coherent rock. Clods are similar in form to those seen in a plowed field on Earth. Surveyor V spacecraft, the fifth in the series of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration’s soft lunar landing program, was launched by an Atlas-Centaur vehicle at 3:57 a.m., EDT, Sept. 8, 1967 from Complex 36, Cape Kennedy, Fla., and soft landed on the Moon at 8:46 p.m., EDT, Sept. 10, 1967. Like the four previous Surveyors, Surveyor V’s mission was to perform a soft-landing in the Apollo area of interest on the Moon and to take television pictures of the lunar surface around its landing site. The program is managed for NASA by the Jet Proplusion Laboratory in Pasadena, California.

For Release: September 29, 1967
Photo No.: 67-H-1284

Surveyor V – W3

Washington: Field of rounded fragments lying 60 to 100 feet from Surveyor V. A small crater, between three and six feet across, lies between the fragments. Largest fragment, which casts a small shadow, is about 20 inches across. These are some of the largest fragments in the field of view around Surveyor V. Surveyor V spacecraft, the fifth in the series of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration’s soft lunar landing program, was launched by an Atlas-Centaur vehicle at 3:57 a.m., EDT, Sept. 8, 1967 from Complex 36, Cape Kennedy, Fla., and soft landed on the Moon at 8:46 p.m., EDT, Sept. 10, 1967. Like the four previous Surveyors, Surveyor V’s mission was to perform a soft-landing in the Apollo area of interest on the Moon and to take television pictures of the lunar surface around its landing site. The program is managed for NASA by the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California.

For Release: September 29, 1967
Photo No.: 67-H-1285

Surveyor V – W4

Washington: A nearly-buried, faceted fragment about 1½ inches across is seen in this picture of the Surveyor V landing site. The lunar fragment probably is a comparted aggregate of finer-grained material. Small, bright pieces probably are pieces of coherent rock. Surveyor V spacecraft, the fifth in the series of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration’s soft lunar landing program, was launched by an Atlas-Centaur vehicle at 3:57 a.m., EDT, Sept. 8, 1967 from Complex 36, Cape Kennedy, Fla., and soft landed on the Moon at 8:46 p.m., EDT, Sept. 10, 1967. Like the four previous Surveyors, Surveyor V’s mission was to perform a soft-landing in the Apollo area of interest on the Moon and to take television pictures of the lunar surface around its landing site. The program is managed for NASA by the Jet Proplusion Laboratory in Pasadena, California.

For Release: September 29, 1967
Photo No.: 67-H-1286

Surveyor V – W5

Washington: Footpad #3 of Surveyor V spacecraft as it appears on the surface of the Moon. Black, tubular object extending through the center of picture is Surveyor’s omnidirectional antenna boom. Dark, lumpy material extending to the right of foot is disturbed lunar surface material thrown out in front of foot during landing of the spacecraft. Most of the dark material consists of clods of weakly coherent fine-grains. Surveyor V spacecraft, the fifth in the series of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration’s soft lunar landing program, was launched by an Atlas-Centaur vehicle at 3:57 a.m., EDT, Sept. 8, 1967 from Complex 36, Cape Kennedy, Fla., and soft landed on the Moon at 8:46 p.m., EDT, Sept. 10, 1967. Like the four previous Surveyors, Surveyor V’s mission was to perform a soft-landing in the Apollo area of interest on the Moon and to take television pictures of the lunar surface around its landing site. The program is managed for NASA by the Jet Proplusion Laboratory in Pasadena, California.

For Release: September 29, 1967
Photo No.: 67-H-1287

Surveyor V – W6

Washington: Wall of small crater, 16 inches in diameter on the southeast wall of the 30-foot crater in which Surveyor V landed. The small crater is lined with clods of fine-grained debris similar in size to those exposed in a trench plowed by footpad #2 of the spacecraft during landing. Individual clods in the natural crater on the lunar surface are slightly more rounded than those exposed in the wall of the trench plowed by the footpad. Surveyor V spacecraft, the fifth in the series of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration’s soft lunar landing program, was launched by an Atlas-Centaur vehicle at 3:57 a.m., EDT, Sept. 8, 1967 from Complex 36, Cape Kennedy, Fla., and soft landed on the Moon at 8:46 p.m., EDT, Sept. 10, 1967. Like the four previous Surveyors, Surveyor V’s mission was to perform a soft-landing in the Apollo area of interest on the Moon and to take television pictures of the lunar surface around its landing site. The program is managed for NASA by the Jet Proplusion Laboratory in Pasadena, California.

For Release: September 29, 1967
Photo No.: 67-H-1288

Surveyor V – W7

Washington: Clods of fine-grained lunar material thrown out onto the surface by the impact of footpad #2 during landing of Surveyor V. Some of the larger grains in the clods can be recognized as small bright specks. Large clod in the center of picture is about two inches across and smallest recognizable grains are about 1/25-inch.

Surveyor V spacecraft, the fifth in the series of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration’s soft lunar landing program, was launched by an Atlas-Centaur vehicle at 3:57 a.m., EDT, Sept. 8, 1967 from Complex 36, Cape Kennedy, Fla., and soft landed on the Moon at 8:46 p.m., EDT, Sept. 10, 1967. Like the four previous Surveyors, Surveyor V’s mission was to perform a soft-landing in the Apollo area of interest on the Moon and to take television pictures of the lunar surface around its landing site.

For Release: September 29, 1967
Photo No.: 67-H-1289

Surveyor V – W8

Washington: Small, loose fragments on the floor of the crater in which Surveyor V landed. Some of these fragments were rolled into place after having been kicked up by the landing of the spacecraft, but the largest fragment (1½ inches long) skidded on top of the others during or after firing of the vernier rocket engines on Sept. 12. Note the skid mark at the bottom of picture. The photometric properties of these fragments suggest they are compacted aggregates of fine-grained particles.

For Release: September 29, 1967
Photo No.: 67-H-1290

Surveyor V – W9

Washington: Rounded, knobby block 4 ¼ inches in diameter is seen on east rim of crater in which Surveyor V is located on the Moon’s Sea of Tranquility. Note the bright, nearly-level upper surface of this block. Brightness of this surface shows that the material of the block has different photometric properties than the surrounding fine-grain debris. Surveyor V spacecraft, the fifth in the series of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration’s soft lunar landing program, was launched by an Atlas-Centaur vehicle at 3:57 a.m., EDT, Sept. 8, 1967 from Complex 36, Cape Kennedy, Fla., and soft landed on the Moon at 8:46 p.m., EDT, Sept. 10, 1967. Like the four previous Surveyors, Surveyor V’s mission was to perform a soft-landing in the Apollo area of interest on the Moon and to take television pictures of the lunar surface around its landing site.

For Release: September 29, 1967
Photo No.: 67-H-1291

Surveyor V – W10

Washington: Angular lunar fragment five inches across is seen on the Moon about seven feet from the Surveyor V television camera. It is on the floor of the crater in which the spacecraft landed. This fragment is the same as that shown in picture 67-H-1692 but was taken in the mid-lunar afternoon. Here the fragment is conspicuously brighter than the surrounding fine-grain debris on the lunar surface and also is brighter than the small patches of debris lying in depressions on the upper surface of the fragment. Contrast in brightness of fragment compared with finer material in this picture and very low contrast in picture 67-H-1692 demonstrates that the fragment has different photometric properties from the surrounding fine-grain material. It probably is a rock derived from the lunar subsurface during formation of a near or distant crater. On lower right side of fragment is dark streak which suggests that the rocky material is bedded or layered. Surveyor V spacecraft, the fifth in the series of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration’s soft lunar landing program, was launched by an Atlas-Centaur vehicle at 3:57 a.m., EDT, Sept. 8, 1967 from Complex 36, Cape Kennedy, Fla., and soft landed on the Moon at 8:46 p.m., EDT, Sept. 10, 1967. Like the four previous Surveyors, Surveyor V’s mission was to perform a soft-landing in the Apollo area of interest on the Moon and to take television pictures of the lunar surface around its landing site. The program is managed for NASA by the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California.

For Release: September 29, 1967
Photo No.: 67-H-1292

Surveyor V – W11

Washington: Angular fragment five inches across lying seven feet from the Surveyor V television camera on the floor of the crater in which the spacecraft landed. Edge of shadow of omnidirectional antenna is seen at top. In this picture, rock is viewed with sun high in the sky in late lunar morning. Slightly bumpy texture of the surface covered with fine grained debris appear as slightly darker patches. Note that illuminated part of fragment is slightly brighter than surrounding surface debris. This picture should be compared with picture 67-H-1291.

For Release: September 29, 1967
Photo No.: 67-H-1293

Surveyor V – W12

Washington: Mosaic of nine wide-angle pictures taken Sept. 10 by Surveyor V shows the floor of the 30-foot crater in which the spacecraft landed. Leg #2 of Surveyor is at lower right. A furrow, plowed by the foot as the spacecraft slid downhill, extends to the right. Small fragment kicked up during landing are scattered over the surface just above and to the left of the foot. Across the center of the mosaic is the floor of the five-foot-deep crater. Bottom of the crater’s far wall is at top of picture. Surveyor V’s foot #1, not seen, is resting near rim of crater behind the camera. Slope upon which Surveyor rests is about 20 degrees. Surveyor V spacecraft, the fifth in the series of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration’s soft lunar landing program, was launched by an Atlas-Centaur vehicle at 3:57 a.m., EDT, Sept. 8, 1967 from Complex 36, Cape Kennedy, Fla., and soft landed on the Moon at 8:46 p.m., EDT, Sept. 10, 1967. Like the four previous Surveyors, Surveyor V’s mission was to perform a soft-landing in the Apollo area of interest on the Moon and to take television pictures of the lunar surface around its landing site. The program is managed for NASA by the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California.

For Release: September 29, 1967
Photo No.: 67-H-1294

Surveyor V – W12

Washington: Portrait of lunar surface just below Surveyor V’s television camera shows tracks made by lunar fragments set in motion downslope during spacecraft’s soft landing on the Moon. Track of a rolling angular fragment can be seen near center of picture. The fragment itself lies at end of track. Another small track may be seen in midst of fine-grain debris thrown out by spacecraft footpad near right edge of picture. Image at lower left incudes part of camera’s color filter wheel and zoom lens. White bar at center is camera’s heat radiating fin. Surveyor V spacecraft, the fifth in the series of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration’s soft lunar landing program, was launched by an Atlas-Centaur vehicle at 3:57 a.m., EDT, Sept. 8, 1967 from Complex 36, Cape Kennedy, Fla., and soft landed on the Moon at 8:46 p.m., EDT, Sept. 10, 1967. Like the four previous Surveyors, Surveyor V’s mission was to perform a soft-landing in the Apollo area of interest on the Moon and to take television pictures of the lunar surface around its landing site. The program is managed for NASA by the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California.

For Release: September 29, 1967
Photo No.: 67-H-1295

Surveyor V – W14

Washington: Fragmental material thrown onto the lunar surface by the impact of footpad #2 during the landing of Surveyor V. Most of the fragments are weakly compacted aggregates of fine particles. The bright fragments probably are pieces of coherent rock. Surveyor V spacecraft, the fifth in the series of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration’s soft lunar landing program, was launched by an Atlas-Centaur vehicle at 3:57 a.m., EDT, Sept. 8, 1967 from Complex 36, Cape Kennedy, Fla., and soft landed on the Moon at 8:46 p.m., EDT, Sept. 10, 1967. Like the four previous Surveyors, Surveyor V’s mission was to perform a soft-landing in the Apollo area of interest on the Moon and to take television pictures of the lunar surface around its landing site. The program is managed for NASA by the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California.

For Release: September 29, 1967
Photo No.: 67-H-1296

Surveyor V – W15

Washington: Rounded, broken fragment lying in the trench plowed by footpad #2 of Surveyor V as it slid down the crater wall. This fragment appears to have rolled into the upper end of the trench soon after the trench was formed. It is markedly more rounded than the angular clots of fine-grained material exposed in the trench wall and is intrinsically brighter. It is therefore physically different than the other fragmental objects in the picture and is inferred to be a rock rather than a weakly coherent clump or aggregate of fine particles. Surveyor V spacecraft, the fifth in the series of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration’s soft lunar landing program, was launched by an Atlas-Centaur vehicle at 3:57 a.m., EDT, Sept. 8, 1967 from Complex 36, Cape Kennedy, Fla., and soft landed on the Moon at 8:46 p.m., EDT, Sept. 10, 1967. Like the four previous Surveyors, Surveyor V’s mission was to perform a soft-landing in the Apollo area of interest on the Moon and to take television pictures of the lunar surface around its landing site. The program is managed for NASA by the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California.

For Release: September 29, 1967
Photo No.: 67-H-1297

Surveyor V – W16

Washington: Fragment about 1 ¼ inches wide was disturbed during the landing of Surveyor V and rolled and bounded across the lunar surface leaving a track in the soft, uppermost lunar material. The upper few millimeters of the Moon’s surface is covered with a loose, porous layer of fine-grained debris. Surveyor V spacecraft, the fifth in the series of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration’s soft lunar landing program, was launched by an Atlas-Centaur vehicle at 3:57 a.m., EDT, Sept. 8, 1967 from Complex 36, Cape Kennedy, Fla., and soft landed on the Moon at 8:46 p.m., EDT, Sept. 10, 1967. Like the four previous Surveyors, Surveyor V’s mission was to perform a soft-landing in the Apollo area of interest on the Moon and to take television pictures of the lunar surface around its landing site. The program is managed for NASA by the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California.

For Release: September 29, 1967
Photo No.: 67-H-1298

Surveyor V – W17

For Release: September 29, 1967
Photo No.: 67-H-1299

Surveyor V – W18

Washington: Small area shows bright and dark fragments on southeast wall of 30-foot crater in which Surveyor V touched down on Sept. 10. Coarsest fragments probably are rocky chips, while the larger dark fragments probably and aggregates of fine-grain material. Picture was taken on Sept.15.

For Release: September 29, 1967
Photo No.: 67-H-1300

Surveyor V – W19

Washington: Top – Lunar surface material disturbed by footpad #3 of Surveyor V. The dark, lumpy material is composed of clods of weakly coherent fine-grained debris which was thrown out in front of the footpad as the spacecraft slid downhill during the landing. Bottom – Cynomus Ludouiciamus “prairie dog” burrow dug in soft soil near Flagstaff, Ariz. The grain size and textures of the material excavated by the prairie dog is similar to the clods of fine-grained debris thrown out around the feet of Surveyor V on the lunar surface. Lumpy material consists of clods of compacted fine-grained soil that the prairie dog has excavated from his burrow. Bright fragments are pieces of solid clods of soil cemented by Caliche. Surveyor V spacecraft, the fifth in the series of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration’s soft lunar landing program, was launched by an Atlas-Centaur vehicle at 3:57 a.m., EDT, Sept. 8, 1967 from Complex 36, Cape Kennedy, Fla., and soft landed on the Moon at 8:46 p.m., EDT, Sept. 10, 1967. Like the four previous Surveyors, Surveyor V’s mission was to perform a soft-landing in the Apollo area of interest on the Moon and to take television pictures of the lunar surface around its landing site. The program is managed for NASA by the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California.

For Release: September 29, 1967
Photo No.: 67-H-1301

Surveyor V – W20

Washington: Small area showing many loose fragments on floor of crater in which Surveyor V landed. A strange, ragged object, which apparently has holes through it, lies in upper left of picture. This object is about one-half inch across and arrived in its present position during or after firing of the spacecraft’s three rocket engines on Sept. 12. This object may be an impactite (formed by shock melting of the lunar material) or it may be an artifact produced during engine firing. Note the many small, short tracks at bottom produced by the rolling of small fragments set in motion by the engine exhaust. This picture was taken by Surveyor V’s TV camera on Sept. 14.

For Release: September 29, 1967
Photo No.: 67-H-1302

Surveyor V – W21

Washington: Bottom and wall of trench plowed by footpad #2 during landing of Surveyor V. Surface of this part of the trench has been smoothed by the pressure and sliding of the footpad, and the bright floor indicates that the photometric properties of the bright surface are different from those of the undisturbed parts of the lunar surface. Note that upper part of trench wall, near top of picture, reveals grains and angular clods of finer debris that underlie the lunar surface.

For Release: September 29, 1967
Photo No.: 67-H-1303

Surveyor V – W22

Washington: Small, irregular fragment about 1¼ inches across close to Surveyor V spacecraft. This fragment shows a very unusual dark rim and resembles small fragments ejected from nuclear craters and from Meteor Crater, Arizona, that are partly coated with shock-formed glass. This portion of a narrow-angle (six-degree field of view) TV picture was taken by Surveyor on September 15.

For Release: September 29, 1967
Photo No.: 67-H-1304

Surveyor V – W23

Washington: Knobby, pitted fragment four inches across lying on the southeast wall of the crater in which Surveyor V is located. It appears to be made up of smaller resolvable grains, some of which protrude from the surface. It is possible that this piece was found by shock compression of the fragmented debris of the surface and ejected from a nearby crater.

For Release: September 29, 1967
Photo No.: 67-H-1305

Surveyor V – W24

Washington: Grainy block 5½ inches across lies eight feet southeast of Surveyor V’s television camera. Surface texture of this block suggests it is composed of smaller pieces a few millimeters in size. It is distinctly brighter than the fine-grained debris around it, however. It may have been formed by strong shock compression of fragmental debris on the lunar surface.

For Release: September 29, 1967
Photo No.: 67-H-1306

Surveyor V – W25

Washington: Fragments thrown out of the furrow made by footpad #2 during landing of Surveyor V. Most of the fragments are clods of fine-grained material. Some of the clods have broken upon impact. Largest clod is about 1½ inches across. Surveyor V spacecraft, the fifth in the series of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration’s soft lunar landing program, was launched by an Atlas-Centaur vehicle at 3:57 a.m., EDT, Sept. 8, 1967 from Complex 36, Cape Kennedy, Fla., and soft landed on the Moon at 8:46 p.m., EDT, Sept. 10, 1967. Like the four previous Surveyors, Surveyor V’s mission was to perform a soft-landing in the Apollo area of interest on the Moon and to take television pictures of the lunar surface around its landing site. The program is managed for NASA by the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California.

For Release: September 29, 1967
Photo No.: 67-H-1307

Surveyor V – W26

Washington: Surveyor V’s alpha scattering instrument slid several inches downhill when it was gently nudged by the firing of the spacecraft’s three rocket engines on Sept. 12. Pictures at left shows alpha scattering instrument – which analyzes chemical composition of the lunar surface – as it was deployed Sept. 11. Pictures at right, taken after the half-second engine firing, shows that leading and right edges of the instrument’s flange dug into loose material of surface and now is covered by a thin layer of lunar soil. The instrument, which weighs about five pounds on Earth but less than a pound on the Moon, rotated counter-clockwise as it slid, the lower left corner of the flange pivoting 4½ inches and lower right corner slewing around nearly seven inches. Movement of the instrument covered or obliterated small depression (left photo) in surface. The instrument had been deployed onto loose debris thrown out by plowing action of the spacecraft feet during landing on Sept. 10. It rested on the surface at slope of about 19 degrees, thus poised to slide easily. Photo at right shows that several small rounded fragments have rolled down slope and piled up against uphill edge of instrument. These fragments probably are weakly compacted aggregates of fine particles and range in size from a few tenths of an inch to about one inch. Many small fragments on surface near the instrument also moved. A comparison of the pictures shows that, while some of the coarsest fragments and lumps can be identified in both, most of the finer fragments have shifted positions. Surveyor V spacecraft, the fifth in the series of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration’s soft lunar landing program, was launched by an Atlas-Centaur vehicle at 3:57 a.m., EDT, Sept. 8, 1967 from Complex 36, Cape Kennedy, Fla., and soft landed on the Moon at 8:46 p.m., EDT, Sept. 10, 1967. Like the four previous Surveyors, Surveyor V’s mission was to perform a soft-landing in the Apollo area of interest on the Moon and to take television pictures of the lunar surface around its landing site. The program is managed for NASA by the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California.

For Release: September 29, 1967
Photo No.: 67-H-1308

Surveyor V – W27

Washington: Mosaic of two wide-angle pictures from Surveyor V shows footpad #2 in a trench dug by the foot as the spacecraft skidded down the inner slope of a small crater. The trench is about three feet long and three to four inches deep. The lumpy material in and around the trench is mostly clods of fine-grain material dislodged by the footpad. Note the smooth wall and bright patch in the bottom of the trench near the footpad which has been smoothed by the beveled edge of the footpad as the spacecraft came to rest.

For Release: September 29, 1967
Photo No.: 67-H-1309

Surveyor V – W28

Washington: Close-up view of the bottom of the trench made by footpad #2 of Surveyor V as it skidded down the slopes of a small crater after landing on the Moon’s surface. Note the smooth bright edge of the trench formed by pressure of the footpad at the right side of the picture. Surveyor V spacecraft, the fifth in the series of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration’s soft lunar landing program, was launched by an Atlas-Centaur vehicle at 3:57 a.m., EDT, Sept. 8, 1967 from Complex 36, Cape Kennedy, Fla., and soft landed on the Moon at 8:46 p.m., EDT, Sept. 10, 1967. Like the four previous Surveyors, Surveyor V’s mission was to perform a soft-landing in the Apollo area of interest on the Moon and to take television pictures of the lunar surface around its landing site. The program is managed for NASA by the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California.

For Release: September 29, 1967
Photo No.: 67-H-1310

Surveyor V – W29

Washington: Fragments from nuclear crater in Nevada showing various stages of shock metamorphism of alluvium. Some fragments seen in Surveyor V photograph of the lunar surface have a strong similarity and are thought to be the result of meteoritic impact on the Moon. Dark fragment at left has glassy surface, other fragments to right show lesser effects of melting.

For Release: September 29, 1967
Photo No.: 67-H-1311

Surveyor V – W30

Washington: Spotted, rounded fragments, largest of which is about eight inches across, lie 18 to 20 feet from Surveyor V and just beyond rim of the small crater in which the spacecraft landed. These fragments exhibit small, bright spots, less than a centimeter across, against a gray background and, in this respect, are similar to one of the large rocks seen by Surveyor I more than 1200 miles to the west. They clearly are composed of at least two different kinds of constituents. Surveyor V spacecraft, the fifth in the series of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration’s soft lunar landing program, was launched by an Atlas-Centaur vehicle at 3:57 a.m., EDT, Sept. 8, 1967 from Complex 36, Cape Kennedy, Fla., and soft landed on the Moon at 8:46 p.m., EDT, Sept. 10, 1967. Like the four previous Surveyors, Surveyor V’s mission was to perform a soft-landing in the Apollo area of interest on the Moon and to take television pictures of the lunar surface around its landing site. The program is managed for NASA by the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California.

For Release: September 29, 1967
Photo No.: 67-H-1312

Surveyor V – W31

Washington: Wide-angle picture of the far field and horizon northwest of Surveyor V. Dark area along the bottom of the picture is part of the wall of the crater in which Surveyor V rests. A rimless crater seen midway to the horizon, probably is part of a system of rimless craters aligned in a northwest-southeast direction parallel with one of the major lineation directions in the Moon’s Sea of Tranquility. These craters probably have been formed by drainage of surficial debris into subsurface fissures. The crater in which Surveyor V rests may be part of this same system of collapse features.

For Release: September 29, 1967
Photo No.: 67-H-1314

Surveyor V – W32

Washington: Small area on the lunar surface near Surveyor V with many loose fragments thrown out during landing of the spacecraft. Two fragments, each nearly one inch across, near top of picture are aggregates that contain small, bright chips. These chips are probably tiny rocky fragments embedded in a very fine-grain dark matrix. Picture was taken by Surveyor’s TV camera Sept. 21, three days before sunset on the landing site on the Moon’s Sea of Tranquility. Surveyor V spacecraft, the fifth in the series of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration’s soft lunar landing program, was launched by an Atlas-Centaur vehicle at 3:57 a.m., EDT, Sept. 8, 1967 from Complex 36, Cape Kennedy, Fla., and soft landed on the Moon at 8:46 p.m., EDT, Sept. 10, 1967. Like the four previous Surveyors, Surveyor V’s mission was to perform a soft-landing in the Apollo area of interest on the Moon and to take television pictures of the lunar surface around its landing site. The program is managed for NASA by the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California.

For Release: September 29, 1967
Photo No.: 67-H-1315

Surveyor V – W33

Washington: Lunar surface material disturbed by footpad #3 of Surveyor V. The dark, lumpy material is composed of clods of weakly coherent fine-grained debris which was thrown out in front of the footpad as the spacecraft slid downhill during the landing. The clods range in size from a few millimeters to several centimeters. Surveyor V spacecraft, the fifth in the series of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration’s soft lunar landing program, was launched by an Atlas-Centaur vehicle at 3:57 a.m., EDT, Sept. 8, 1967 from Complex 36, Cape Kennedy, Fla., and soft landed on the Moon at 8:46 p.m., EDT, Sept. 10, 1967. Like the four previous Surveyors, Surveyor V’s mission was to perform a soft-landing in the Apollo area of interest on the Moon and to take television pictures of the lunar surface around its landing site. The program is managed for NASA by the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California.

For Release: September 29, 1967
Photo No.: 67-H-1317

Surveyor V – W35

Washington: Wall of small crater, 10 inches in diameter on the north wall of the 30-foot crater in which Surveyor V landed. The small crater is lined with clods of fine-grained debris similar in size to those exposed in a trench plowed by footpad #2 of the spacecraft during landing. Individual clods in the neutral crater on the lunar surface are slightly more rounded than those exposed in the wall of the trench plowed by the footpad. Surveyor V spacecraft, the fifth in the series of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration’s soft lunar landing program, was launched by an Atlas-Centaur vehicle at 3:57 a.m., EDT, Sept. 8, 1967 from Complex 36, Cape Kennedy, Fla., and soft landed on the Moon at 8:46 p.m., EDT, Sept. 10, 1967. Like the four previous Surveyors, Surveyor V’s mission was to perform a soft-landing in the Apollo area of interest on the Moon and to take television pictures of the lunar surface around its landing site. The program is managed for NASA by the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California.

For Release: September 29, 1967
Photo No.: 67-H-1318

Surveyor V – W36

Washington: Small area in lunar surface strewn with loose fragments scattered by Surveyor V as it landed in a small lunar crater on Sept. 10, 1967. An indistinct lineation is present on the very fine-grained material which was produced by the movement of particles which were set in motion by the spacecraft’s vernier engine firing. This lineation extends from upper left to lower right. End of deployment mechanism for alpha scattering instrument can be seen at left center. Surveyor V spacecraft, the fifth in the series of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration’s soft lunar landing program, was launched by an Atlas-Centaur vehicle at 3:57 a.m., EDT, Sept. 8, 1967 from Complex 36, Cape Kennedy, Fla., and soft landed on the Moon at 8:46 p.m., EDT, Sept. 10, 1967. Like the four previous Surveyors, Surveyor V’s mission was to perform a soft-landing in the Apollo area of interest on the Moon and to take television pictures of the lunar surface around its landing site. The program is managed for NASA by the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California.

For Release: September 29, 1967
Photo No.: 67-H-1319

Surveyor V – W37

Washington: Lunar sunset over Surveyor V’s magnet permitted a view of the assembly in full sunlight. From laboratory studies, an upper limit to the amount of free iron added to a natural rock to simulate the lunar results, would be 1% free iron. The naturally occurring terrestrial rock most closely resembling the lunar results, from the laboratory studies, was basalt with no free iron added. Surveyor V spacecraft, the fifth in the series of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration’s soft lunar landing program, was launched by an Atlas-Centaur vehicle at 3:57 a.m., EDT, Sept. 8, 1967 from Complex 36, Cape Kennedy, Fla., and soft landed on the Moon at 8:46 p.m., EDT, Sept. 10, 1967. Like the four previous Surveyors, Surveyor V’s mission was to perform a soft-landing in the Apollo area of interest on the Moon and to take television pictures of the lunar surface around its landing site. The program is managed for NASA by the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California.

For Release: September 29, 1967
Photo No.: 67-H-1320

Surveyor V – W38

Washington: View of the trench dug by Surveyor V’s footpad #2 in landing. The depth is three to five inches, the length about three feet. The footpad moved with a velocity of about two to three feet per second while plowing through the lunar surface material, spewing debris over the front, top, and side of the footpad. Surveyor V spacecraft, the fifth in the series of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration’s soft lunar landing program, was launched by an Atlas-Centaur vehicle at 3:57 a.m., EDT, Sept. 8, 1967 from Complex 36, Cape Kennedy, Fla., and soft landed on the Moon at 8:46 p.m., EDT, Sept. 10, 1967. Like the four previous Surveyors, Surveyor V’s mission was to perform a soft-landing in the Apollo area of interest on the Moon and to take television pictures of the lunar surface around its landing site. The program is managed for NASA by the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California.

For Release: September 29, 1967
Photo No.: 67-H-1321

Surveyor V – W39

Washington: Gauss strength contours of the magnet on Surveyor V. Note high and low points along pole faces. The configuration of the material adhering very closely to the magnet on the Moon follows the higher strength areas. Surveyor V spacecraft, the fifth in the series of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration’s soft lunar landing program, was launched by an Atlas-Centaur vehicle at 3:57 a.m., EDT, Sept. 8, 1967 from Complex 36, Cape Kennedy, Fla., and soft landed on the Moon at 8:46 p.m., EDT, Sept. 10, 1967. Like the four previous Surveyors, Surveyor V’s mission was to perform a soft-landing in the Apollo area of interest on the Moon and to take television pictures of the lunar surface around its landing site. The program is managed for NASA by the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California.

For Release: September 29, 1967
Photo No.: 67-H-1322

Surveyor V – W40

Washington: After the firing of Surveyor V’s vernier engines on the Moon, changes may be seen in the appearance of the magnet assembly. The control bar is clean, the bracket top and side is now in sunlight permitting a view of the debris clinging to the magnet. The shadow over the bracket is cast by the attitude control jet. The dynamic force of the vernier exhaust at the distance of the magnet was very little (two-thousandth of a pound per square inch), but sufficient to blow off the material clinging by vacuum cohesion to the bracket and control bar. Probably little material was added to the magnet by the vernier firing, however, material over the low magnetic strength area down the center was blown off. Surveyor V spacecraft, the fifth in the series of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration’s soft lunar landing program, was launched by an Atlas-Centaur vehicle at 3:57 a.m., EDT, Sept. 8, 1967 from Complex 36, Cape Kennedy, Fla., and soft landed on the Moon at 8:46 p.m., EDT, Sept. 10, 1967. Like the four previous Surveyors, Surveyor V’s mission was to perform a soft-landing in the Apollo area of interest on the Moon and to take television pictures of the lunar surface around its landing site. The program is managed for NASA by the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California.

For Release: September 29, 1967
Photo No.: 67-H-1323

Surveyor V – W41

Washington: The magnet assembly on Surveyor V after landing on the Moon. The Sun is from east (upper right) casting a shadow over the assembly. However, material may be seen in the honeycomb structure of the footpad, on the top of the magnet bracket, on the control bar, on the side of the bracket, and the magnet is covered with a fine coating of material. Light areas in the bracket and on the control bar are patches of the blue paint showing through. Surveyor V spacecraft, the fifth in the series of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration’s soft lunar landing program, was launched by an Atlas-Centaur vehicle at 3:57 a.m., EDT, Sept. 8, 1967 from Complex 36, Cape Kennedy, Fla., and soft landed on the Moon at 8:46 p.m., EDT, Sept. 10, 1967. Like the four previous Surveyors, Surveyor V’s mission was to perform a soft-landing in the Apollo area of interest on the Moon and to take television pictures of the lunar surface around its landing site. The program is managed for NASA by the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California.

For Release: September 29, 1967
Photo No.: 67-H-1324

Surveyor V – W42

Washington: Narrow TV frame showing a portion of the top of Surveyor V’s electronics compartment B. Note the sprays of fine material that resulted when the vernier engines were fired. Surveyor V spacecraft, the fifth in the series of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration’s soft lunar landing program, was launched by an Atlas-Centaur vehicle at 3:57 a.m., EDT, Sept. 8, 1967 from Complex 36, Cape Kennedy, Fla., and soft landed on the Moon at 8:46 p.m., EDT, Sept. 10, 1967. Like the four previous Surveyors, Surveyor V’s mission was to perform a soft-landing in the Apollo area of interest on the Moon and to take television pictures of the lunar surface around its landing site. The program is managed for NASA by the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California.

For Release: September 29, 1967
Photo No.: 67-H-1325

Surveyor V – W43

Washington: The wide angle photograph shows part of the lunar surface under the Surveyor V’s vernier engine #3. Part of the crater formed by the vernier firing is visible in the upper left portion of the picture. Sun elevation was: 20° relative to the lunar surface beneath the spacecraft. Note eight inch diameter crater formed by the vernier firing, depth less than one inch. Surveyor V spacecraft, the fifth in the series of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration’s soft lunar landing program, was launched by an Atlas-Centaur vehicle at 3:57 a.m., EDT, Sept. 8, 1967 from Complex 36, Cape Kennedy, Fla., and soft landed on the Moon at 8:46 p.m., EDT, Sept. 10, 1967. Like the four previous Surveyors, Surveyor V’s mission was to perform a soft-landing in the Apollo area of interest on the Moon and to take television pictures of the lunar surface around its landing site. The program is managed for NASA by the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California.

For Release: September 29, 1967
Photo No.: 67-H-1326

Surveyor V – W44

Washington: This wide angle photograph shows the lunar surface underneath Surveyor V’s vernier engine #3 as seen through an auxiliary mirror. This photograph was taken before the vernier firing on Sept. 13. The Sun elevation was at 44° elevation (relative to the lunar surface beneath the spacecraft). The area directly below the vernier engine is partially covered by the shadows of spacecraft components including the wave shaped shadow of the cable to the alpha scattering instrument. Note the clumps of soil and the rock fragments just above the wavy line. Other parts of the spacecraft are visible around the mirror. Surveyor V spacecraft, the fifth in the series of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration’s soft lunar landing program, was launched by an Atlas-Centaur vehicle at 3:57 a.m., EDT, Sept. 8, 1967 from Complex 36, Cape Kennedy, Fla., and soft landed on the Moon at 8:46 p.m., EDT, Sept. 10, 1967. Like the four previous Surveyors, Surveyor V’s mission was to perform a soft-landing in the Apollo area of interest on the Moon and to take television pictures of the lunar surface around its landing site. The program is managed for NASA by the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California.

For Release: September 29, 1967
Photo No.: 67-H-1327

Surveyor V – W45

Washington: Mosaic of narrow angle TV frames showing a direct view of the crater formed under Surveyor V’s vernier engine number 3 during the vernier firing experiment. Sun elevation was 15° (relative to the lunar surface beneath the spacecraft). Surveyor V spacecraft, the fifth in the series of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration’s soft lunar landing program, was launched by an Atlas-Centaur vehicle at 3:57 a.m., EDT, Sept. 8, 1967 from Complex 36, Cape Kennedy, Fla., and soft landed on the Moon at 8:46 p.m., EDT, Sept. 10, 1967. Like the four previous Surveyors, Surveyor V’s mission was to perform a soft-landing in the Apollo area of interest on the Moon and to take television pictures of the lunar surface around its landing site. The program is managed for NASA by the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California.

For Release: September 29, 1967
Photo No.: 67-H-1328

Surveyor V – W46

Washington: A mosaic of narrow angle TV frames showing the Alpha Scattering instrument head and the lunar surface area near it prior to the firing of Surveyor V’s vernier engines on the lunar surface. Note the wide distribution of rock and soil fragments that existed before the vernier engines were fired. Sun elevation was: 35° (relative to the lunar surface beneath the spacecraft). Surveyor V spacecraft, the fifth in the series of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration’s soft lunar landing program, was launched by an Atlas-Centaur vehicle at 3:57 a.m., EDT, Sept. 8, 1967 from Complex 36, Cape Kennedy, Fla., and soft landed on the Moon at 8:46 p.m., EDT, Sept. 10, 1967. Like the four previous Surveyors, Surveyor V’s mission was to perform a soft-landing in the Apollo area of interest on the Moon and to take television pictures of the lunar surface around its landing site. The program is managed for NASA by the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California.

For Release: September 29, 1967
Photo No.: 67-H-1329

Surveyor V – W47

Washington: Mosaic of narrow angle TV frames showing the area around the Alpha Scattering instrument after the vernier engines were fired. Note the changed position of the Alpha Scattering unit and the changed condition of the rock and soil fragments. Sun elevation was: 57° (relative to the lunar surface beneath the spacecraft). Surveyor V spacecraft, the fifth in the series of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration’s soft lunar landing program, was launched by an Atlas-Centaur vehicle at 3:57 a.m., EDT, Sept. 8, 1967 from Complex 36, Cape Kennedy, Fla., and soft landed on the Moon at 8:46 p.m., EDT, Sept. 10, 1967. Like the four previous Surveyors, Surveyor V’s mission was to perform a soft-landing in the Apollo area of interest on the Moon and to take television pictures of the lunar surface around its landing site. The program is managed for NASA by the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California.

For Release: September 29, 1967
Photo No.: 67-H-1330

Surveyor V – W48

Washington: Following the burn of Surveyor V’s vernier engines on the lunar surface this narrow angle mosaic of the lunar surface under the Surveyor V vernier engine number 3, as seen through the auxiliary mirror. Note the Sun angle was low. Note eight inch diameter crater formed by the vernier firing (depth less than one inch). Sun elevation 15° (relative to the lunar surface beneath the spacecraft). Surveyor V spacecraft, the fifth in the series of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration’s soft lunar landing program, was launched by an Atlas-Centaur vehicle at 3:57 a.m., EDT, Sept. 8, 1967 from Complex 36, Cape Kennedy, Fla., and soft landed on the Moon at 8:46 p.m., EDT, Sept. 10, 1967. Like the four previous Surveyors, Surveyor V’s mission was to perform a soft-landing in the Apollo area of interest on the Moon and to take television pictures of the lunar surface around its landing site. The program is managed for NASA by the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California.

For Release: September 29, 1967
Photo No.: 67-H-1331

Surveyor V – W49

Washington: The Surveyor V magnet pole strengths range from 440 to 680 gauss. This strength magnet attracts powdered magnetite, free iron, or meteoritic nickel-iron from a distance of about 5/8”. Surveyor V spacecraft, the fifth in the series of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration’s soft lunar landing program, was launched by an Atlas-Centaur vehicle at 3:57 a.m., EDT, Sept. 8, 1967 from Complex 36, Cape Kennedy, Fla., and soft landed on the Moon at 8:46 p.m., EDT, Sept. 10, 1967. Like the four previous Surveyors, Surveyor V’s mission was to perform a soft-landing in the Apollo area of interest on the Moon and to take television pictures of the lunar surface around its landing site. The program is managed for NASA by the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California.

For Release: September 29, 1967
Photo No.: 67-H-1332

Surveyor V – W68

Washington: Scoriaceous basalt and basalt studies. Laboratory studies conducted with powdered scoriaceous basalt from Pisgah Crater, California, and powdered Little Lake basalt (California) with additions of powdered iron show the difference in accumulation of material on a magnet similar to that on Surveyor V. A 1% by volume addition of free iron appears to be the upper limit for the lunar results by comparing the lab studies with the Surveyor V pictures of the magnet. Impact was accomplished by a side impact in 37 – 50 micron powders. Surveyor V spacecraft, the fifth in the series of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration’s soft lunar landing program, was launched by an Atlas-Centaur vehicle at 3:57 a.m., EDT, Sept. 8, 1967 from Complex 36, Cape Kennedy, Fla., and soft landed on the Moon at 8:46 p.m., EDT, Sept. 10, 1967. Like the four previous Surveyors, Surveyor V’s mission was to perform a soft-landing in the Apollo area of interest on the Moon and to take television pictures of the lunar surface around its landing site. The program is managed for NASA by the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California.

For Release: September 29, 1967
Photo No.: 67-H-1333

Surveyor V – W69

Washington: Basalt with 1% and 2% powdered iron. Laboratory studies conducted with powdered scoriaceous basalt from Pisgah Crater, Calif., and powdered Little Lake basalt (California) with additions of powdered iron show the difference in accumulation of material on a magnet similar to that on Surveyor V. A 1% by volume addition of free iron appears to be the upper limit for the lunar results by comparing the lab studies with the Surveyor V pictures of the magnet. Impact was accomplished by a side impact in 37 – 50 micron powders. Surveyor V spacecraft, the fifth in the series of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration’s soft lunar landing program, was launched by an Atlas-Centaur vehicle at 3:57 a.m., EDT, Sept. 8, 1967 from Complex 36, Cape Kennedy, Fla., and soft landed on the Moon at 8:46 p.m., EDT, Sept. 10, 1967. Like the four previous Surveyors, Surveyor V’s mission was to perform a soft-landing in the Apollo area of interest on the Moon and to take television pictures of the lunar surface around its landing site. The program is managed for NASA by the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California

For Release: September 29, 1967
Photo No.: 67-H-1334

Surveyor V – W70

Washington: Basalt with 3% and 4% powdered iron. Laboratory studies conducted with powdered scoriaceous basalt from Pisgah Crater, California and powdered Little Lake basalt (California) with additions of powdered iron show the difference in accumulated material on a magnet similar to that on Surveyor V. A 1% by volume addition of free iron appears to be the upper limit for the lunar results by comparing the lab studies with the Surveyor V pictures of the magnet. Impact was accomplished by a side impact in 37 – 50 micron powders. Surveyor V spacecraft, the fifth in the series of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration’s soft lunar landing program, was launched by an Atlas-Centaur vehicle at 3:57 a.m., EDT, Sept. 8, 1967 from Complex 36, Cape Kennedy, Fla., and soft landed on the Moon at 8:46 p.m., EDT, Sept. 10, 1967. Like the four previous Surveyors, Surveyor V’s mission was to perform a soft-landing in the Apollo area of interest on the Moon and to take television pictures of the lunar surface around its landing site. The program is managed for NASA by the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California.

For Release: September 29, 1967
Photo No.: 67-H-1335

Surveyor V – W71

Washington: Peridotite 37 – 50 microns and 50 – 150 microns, part of a series of laboratory studies of magnet impact in powders of various rock types, from acidic to very basic rock. The tests were made with a magnet similar to that on Surveyor V. Acidic rocks have higher silica content and less iron and magnesium. Basic rocks are darker, with less silica and more iron and magnesium. Serpentine is a hydrated rock, that is it contains more water bound up with the minerals. Note that the type most closely resembling the Moon is 50 – 150 microns basalt. No free iron was added to these samples. The iron content in the basalt occurs in the form of finely disseminated magnetite (Fe304) particles throughout the rock. The size of the particles is about 10-15 microns. Surveyor V spacecraft, the fifth in the series of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration’s soft lunar landing program, was launched by an Atlas-Centaur vehicle at 3:57 a.m., EDT, Sept. 8, 1967 from Complex 36, Cape Kennedy, Fla., and soft landed on the Moon at 8:46 p.m., EDT, Sept. 10, 1967. Like the four previous Surveyors, Surveyor V’s mission was to perform a soft-landing in the Apollo area of interest on the Moon and to take television pictures of the lunar surface around its landing site. The program is managed for NASA by the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California.

For Release: September 29, 1967
Photo No.: 67-H-1336

Surveyor V – W72

Washington: Dacite 37 – 50 microns and 50 – 150 microns, part of a series of laboratory studies of magnet impact in powders of various rock types, from acidic to very basic rock. These tests were made with a magnet similar to that on Surveyor V. Acidic rocks have higher silica content and less iron and magnesium. Basic rocks are darker, with less silica and more iron and magnesium. Serpentine is a hydrated rock, that is it contains more water bound up with the minerals. Note that the type most closely resembling the Moon is 50 – 150 micron basalt. No free iron was added to these samples. The iron content in the basalt occurs in the form of finely disseminated magnetite (Fe3O4) particles throughout the rock. The size of the magnetic particles is about 10 – 15 microns. Surveyor V spacecraft, the fifth in the series of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration’s soft lunar landing program, was launched by an Atlas-Centaur vehicle at 3:57 a.m., EDT, Sept. 8, 1967 from Complex 36, Cape Kennedy, Fla., and soft landed on the Moon at 8:46 p.m., EDT, Sept. 10, 1967. Like the four previous Surveyors, Surveyor V’s mission was to perform a soft-landing in the Apollo area of interest on the Moon and to take television pictures of the lunar surface around its landing site. The program is managed for NASA by the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California.

For Release: September 29, 1967
Photo No.: 67-H-1337

Surveyor V – W73

Washington: Rhyolite 37 – 50 and 50 – 150 microns, part of a series of laboratory studies of magnet impact in powders of various rock types, from acidic to very basic rock. The tests were made with a magnet similar to that on Surveyor V. Acidic rocks have higher silica content and less iron and magnesium. Basic rocks are darker, with less silica and more iron and magnesium. Serpentine is a hydrated rock, that is it contains more water bound up with the minerals. Note that the type most closely resembling the Moon is 50 – 150 micron basalt. No free iron was added to these samples. The iron content in the basalt occurs in the form of finely disseminated magnetite (Fe3O4) particles through the rock. The size of the magnetite particles is about 10 – 15 microns. Surveyor V spacecraft, the fifth in the series of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration’s soft lunar landing program, was launched by an Atlas-Centaur vehicle at 3:57 a.m., EDT, Sept. 8, 1967 from Complex 36, Cape Kennedy, Fla., and soft landed on the Moon at 8:46 p.m., EDT, Sept. 10, 1967. Like the four previous Surveyors, Surveyor V’s mission was to perform a soft-landing in the Apollo area of interest on the Moon and to take television pictures of the lunar surface around its landing site. The program is managed for NASA by the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California.

For Release: September 29, 1967
Photo No.: 67-H-1338

Surveyor V – W74

Washington: Serpentine 37 – 50 microns and 50 – 150 microns, part of a series of laboratory studies of magnet impact in powders of various rock types, from acidic to very basic rock. The tests were made with a magnet similar to that on Surveyor V. Acidic rocks have higher silica content and less iron and magnesium. Basic rocks are darker, with less silica and more iron and magnesium. Serpentine is a hydrated rock, that is it contains more water bound up with the minerals. Note that the type most closely resembling the Moon is 50 – 150 micron basalt. No free iron was added to these samples. The iron content in the basalt occurs in the form of finely disseminated magnetite (Fe3O4) particles through the rock. The size of the magnetite particles is about 10 – 15 microns. Surveyor V spacecraft, the fifth in the series of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration’s soft lunar landing program, was launched by an Atlas-Centaur vehicle at 3:57 a.m., EDT, Sept. 8, 1967 from Complex 36, Cape Kennedy, Fla., and soft landed on the Moon at 8:46 p.m., EDT, Sept. 10, 1967. Like the four previous Surveyors, Surveyor V’s mission was to perform a soft-landing in the Apollo area of interest on the Moon and to take television pictures of the lunar surface around its landing site. The program is managed for NASA by the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California.

For Release: September 29, 1967
Photo No.: 67-H-1339

Surveyor V – W75

Washington: Basalt 37 – 50 microns and 50 – 150 microns, part of a series of laboratory studies of magnet impact in powders of various rock types, from acidic to very basic rock. The tests were made with a magnet similar to that on Surveyor V. Acidic rocks have higher silica content and less iron and magnesium. Basic rocks are darker, with less silica and more iron and magnesium. Serpentine is a hydrated rock, that is it contains more water bound up with the minerals. Note that the type most closely resembling the Moon is 50 – 150 micron basalt. No free iron was added to these samples. The iron content in the basalt occurs in the form of finely disseminated magnetite (Fe3O4) particles through the rock. The size of the magnetite particles is about 10 – 15 microns. Surveyor V spacecraft, the fifth in the series of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration’s soft lunar landing program, was launched by an Atlas-Centaur vehicle at 3:57 a.m., EDT, Sept. 8, 1967 from Complex 36, Cape Kennedy, Fla., and soft landed on the Moon at 8:46 p.m., EDT, Sept. 10, 1967. Like the four previous Surveyors, Surveyor V’s mission was to perform a soft-landing in the Apollo area of interest on the Moon and to take television pictures of the lunar surface around its landing site. The program is managed for NASA by the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California.

For Release: September 29, 1967
Photo No.: 67-H-1340

Surveyor V – W81

Washington: During its landing, the Surveyor V spacecraft slid three feet down a slope. The trench made by footpad #2 is shown in this photograph. The Sun elevation is: 56° (relative to the lunar surface beneath the spacecraft). Surveyor V spacecraft, the fifth in the series of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration’s soft lunar landing program, was launched by an Atlas-Centaur vehicle at 3:57 a.m., EDT, Sept. 8, 1967 from Complex 36, Cape Kennedy, Fla., and soft landed on the Moon at 8:46 p.m., EDT, Sept. 10, 1967. Like the four previous Surveyors, Surveyor V’s mission was to perform a soft-landing in the Apollo area of interest on the Moon and to take television pictures of the lunar surface around its landing site. The program is managed for NASA by the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California.

For Release: September 29, 1967
Photo No.: 67-H-1341

Surveyor V – W82

Washington: After the firing of Surveyor V’s vernier engines on the lunar suface, this narrow angle mosaic of the lunar surface was taken of the area under the Surveyor V vernier engine number 3, as seen through the auxiliary mirror. The vernier crater was not visible because of the high Sun angle and spacecraft shadow. Sun elevation: 47° (relative to the lunar surface beneath the spacecraft). Surveyor V spacecraft, the fifth in the series of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration’s soft lunar landing program, was launched by an Atlas-Centaur vehicle at 3:57 a.m., EDT, Sept. 8, 1967 from Complex 36, Cape Kennedy, Fla., and soft landed on the Moon at 8:46 p.m., EDT, Sept. 10, 1967. Like the four previous Surveyors, Surveyor V’s mission was to perform a soft-landing in the Apollo area of interest on the Moon and to take television pictures of the lunar surface around its landing site. The program is managed for NASA by the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California.

For Release: September 29, 1967
Photo No.: 67-H-1342

Surveyor V – W83

Washington: Prior to the firing of Surveyor V’s vernier engines on the lunar surface this narrow angle mosaic of the lunar surface was taken of the area under the Surveyor V vernier engine number 3, as seen through the auxiliary mirror. Sun elevation: 44° (relative to the lunar surface beneath the spacecraft). Surveyor V spacecraft, the fifth in the series of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration’s soft lunar landing program, was launched by an Atlas-Centaur vehicle at 3:57 a.m., EDT, Sept. 8, 1967 from Complex 36, Cape Kennedy, Fla., and soft landed on the Moon at 8:46 p.m., EDT, Sept. 10, 1967. Like the four previous Surveyors, Surveyor V’s mission was to perform a soft-landing in the Apollo area of interest on the Moon and to take television pictures of the lunar surface around its landing site. The program is managed for NASA by the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California.

For Release: September 29, 1967
Photo No.: 67-H-1343

Surveyor V – W50

Washington: The time histories are shown of the loads developed in the landing leg shock absorbers during the landing of Surveyor V. The spacecraft landed on a 20° slope, leg 1 touching down first. Surveyor V spacecraft, the fifth in the series of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration’s soft lunar landing program, was launched by an Atlas-Centaur vehicle at 3:57 a.m., EDT, Sept. 8, 1967 from Complex 36, Cape Kennedy, Fla., and soft landed on the Moon at 8:46 p.m., EDT, Sept. 10, 1967. Like the four previous Surveyors, Surveyor V’s mission was to perform a soft-landing in the Apollo area of interest on the Moon and to take television pictures of the lunar surface around its landing site. The program is managed for NASA by the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California.

For Release: September 29, 1967
Photo No.: 67-H-1344

Surveyor V – W51

Washington: Deployment of alpha scattering instrument from stowed to background measuring. Shows two views of spacecraft and alpha scattering sensor head. Surveyor V spacecraft, the fifth in the series of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration’s soft lunar landing program, was launched by an Atlas-Centaur vehicle at 3:57 a.m., EDT, Sept. 8, 1967 from Complex 36, Cape Kennedy, Fla., and soft landed on the Moon at 8:46 p.m., EDT, Sept. 10, 1967. Like the four previous Surveyors, Surveyor V’s mission was to perform a soft-landing in the Apollo area of interest on the Moon and to take television pictures of the lunar surface around its landing site. The program is managed for NASA by the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California.

For Release: September 29, 1967
Photo No.: 67-H-1345

Surveyor V – W52

Washington: Deployment of alpha scattering instrument from background to lunar surface position. Shows two views of spacecraft and alpha scattering sensor head. Surveyor V spacecraft, the fifth in the series of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration’s soft lunar landing program, was launched by an Atlas-Centaur vehicle at 3:57 a.m., EDT, Sept. 8, 1967 from Complex 36, Cape Kennedy, Fla., and soft landed on the Moon at 8:46 p.m., EDT, Sept. 10, 1967. Like the four previous Surveyors, Surveyor V’s mission was to perform a soft-landing in the Apollo area of interest on the Moon and to take television pictures of the lunar surface around its landing site. The program is managed for NASA by the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California.

For Release: September 29, 1967
Photo No.: 67-H-1346

Surveyor V – W55

Washington: A table showing the preliminary indication of the chemical composition of the lunar surface at the Surveyor V site. Surveyor V spacecraft, the fifth in the series of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration’s soft lunar landing program, was launched by an Atlas-Centaur vehicle at 3:57 a.m., EDT, Sept. 8, 1967 from Complex 36, Cape Kennedy, Fla., and soft landed on the Moon at 8:46 p.m., EDT, Sept. 10, 1967. Like the four previous Surveyors, Surveyor V’s mission was to perform a soft-landing in the Apollo area of interest on the Moon and to take television pictures of the lunar surface around its landing site. The program is managed for NASA by the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California.

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