Surveyor 2

Surveyor 2
Start of Surveyor 2
NSSDC ID	1966-084A
Mission goal	Preparation of manned moon landings
Client	NASA
Launcher	Atlas - Centaur
Course of the mission
Start date	September 20, 1966, 12:32 UTC
launch pad	CCAFS LC-36
End date	September 23, 1966
09/20/1966 begin 09/23/1966 Impact on the moon

Surveyor 2 was the second probe of the US space agency NASA as part of the Surveyor program . The Surveyor program was the successor to the Ranger program . The results of the program should prepare the manned moon landing .

mission

Model of a Surveyor spacecraft

Surveyor 2 was launched on 20 September 1966 aboard a Atlas - Centaur rocket from the launch pad LC-36 of the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station . In contrast to the ranger missions, there is no parking orbit . This means that after separation, the probe headed straight for the moon. A course correction that had become necessary failed because one of the Vernier engines did not ignite. The probe staggered and attempts to bring it back under control failed. Surveyor 2 crashed into the Sinus Medii on the moon on September 23rd .

Web links

Commons : Surveyor 2  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Description of the Surveyor 2 mission on nasa.gov (English)
• Description of the surveyor program