• Engineering model with three-legged frame and mixed metals in landing position
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    The artifact is an engineering model, S-10, used for thermal control tests. It was reconfigured to represent a flight model of Surveyor 3 or later, since it was the first to have a scoop and claw surface sampler. The Surveyor series was designed to carry out soft landings on the Moon and provide data about its surface and possible atmosphere. These were the first U.S. probes to soft-land on the Moon.

  • Engineering model with three-legged frame and mixed metals in landing position

Created:

September 05, 2018

Photographer:

Mark Avino

ID#:

NASM2018-02492

Source:

Smithsonian's National Air and Space Museum

Owner:

Smithsonian Institution

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CC0 (Open Access)

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