January 7, 2023
Surveyor 7, the last of the lunar Surveyor missions launched on this date in 1968. The Surveyor program ran from 1966 to 1968 sending robotic spacecraft to the Moon. Their primary mission was to demonstrate the feasibility of soft landings on the lunar surface.
Photomosaic of a panorama recorded by Surveyor 7. Surveyor 7 landed just north of Tycho Crater. Image credit: NASA.
