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Surveyor 3 Visited by Apollo 12 Astronauts Target Name:   Moon Spacecraft:   Surveyor 3 Produced by:   NASA Copyright:  NASA Copyright Free Policy Related Document Surveyor Download Options Name Type Width x Height Size survapol.gif GIF 500 x 480 175K This photograph shows an Apollo 12 astronaut examining the Surveyor 3 lander in November 1969. Surveyor 3 landed on the moon on April 20, 1967 at 2.94° south latitude, 23.34° west longitude in the southeastern part of Oceanus Procellarum. Equipment on board included a television camera and auxiliary mirrors, a soil mechanics surface sampler, strain gauges on the spacecraft landing legs, and numerous engineering sensors. Two-and-a-half years later, Apollo 12 astronauts Pete Conrad and Alan Bean landed 156 meters (512 feet) away from Surveyor 3 and removed parts of the spacecraft for analysis back on Earth.

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