On Jan. 6, 1968, NASA introduced the final and seventh Surveyor spacecraft on a mission to check out the moon. Like its six predecessors, Surveyor 7 was a robotic spacecraft sent to show the expediency of doing soft landings on the moon. A NASA Surveyor model. NASA sent out a series of Surveyor spacecraft to the moon to pave the way to the Apollo lunar landings. (Image credit: A NASA Surveyor spacecraft.) 2 of these missions didnt be successful with their soft landings and unintentionally crash landed, but Surveyor 7 arrived in one piece, successfully wrapping up the Surveyor program. Property surveyor 7 touched down on the rim of the Tycho crater, where it gathered lots of clinical information and took over 21,000 pictures.Catch up on our entire “On This Day In Space” series on YouTube with this playlist. On This Day in Space Archive! Still not sufficient area? Dont forget to take a look at our Space Image of the Day, and on the weekends our Best Space Photos and Top Space News Stories of the week. Email Hanneke Weitering at [email protected] or follow her @hannekescience. Follow us @Spacedotcom and on Facebook..
