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93 - 11 black-and-white photographs, 20 x 25 cm, of Surveyor II a…
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11 black-and-white photographs, 20 x 25 cm, of Surveyor II and Surveyor III, including 3 photographs taken on the Moon. SURVEYOR II: launched on 20 September 1966. Crashed on the Moon on 22 September following a propulsion failure. 3 black-and-white photographs, 13.5 x 21 cm: - 1 black-and-white photograph, 13 x 20, with a caption on the back (Hughes Aircraft Company) showing a test of the thrusters prior to the launch of Surveyor 2 for a soft landing on the Moon. - 1 black-and-white photograph, 13 x 20, of a Hughes Aircraft Company technician checking the Surveyor 2 camera, identical to that on Surveyor 1, which took over 11,000 photographs during the previous mission. Caption on the reverse. -1 black-and-white photograph (13 x 20) showing the preparation of Surveyor II, being checked by four technicians from Hughes Aircraft Company, prior to its launch on 20 September 1966. Caption on the reverse. SURVEYOR III: (launched on 17 April 1967) 8 black-and-white photographs (20cm x 25cm) -1 photograph of the Surveyor detached from the Atlas Centaur rocket and lowered for a final test prior to launch. Original NASA black-and-white print (20 cm × 25 cm) with a caption on the reverse, bearing the number 67-H-302. -1 photograph of the Surveyor’s 5-foot-long arm, with a hand-sized shovel at its tip. Vintage NASA black-and-white print (20cm × 25cm) captioned on the reverse, bearing the number 67-H-353. -1 photograph of the Surveyor’s extended arm, which can be raised or lowered to operate the shovel. Vintage NASA black-and-white print (20cm × 25cm) captioned on the reverse, bearing the number 67-H-341. -1 identical photograph of the Surveyor arm showing the shovel in action on Earth. Vintage NASA black-and-white print (20cm × 25cm) captioned on the reverse, bearing the number 67-H-388. -1 photograph of the silhouette of Surveyor III on the Moon: the arm can be seen extended and the scoop raised 60 cm above the surface. Vintage JPL black-and-white print (20cm x 25cm) with a caption on the reverse. -1 photograph of the Surveyor arm and the shadow of the sample scoop on the lunar surface. Vintage black-and-white NASA print (20cm x 25cm) captioned on the reverse, bearing the number 67-H-789. -1 photograph of two large twin lunar boulders photographed by Surveyor. Vintage black-and-white print (20 cm × 25 cm) from JPL (Jet Propulsion Laboratory), captioned on the reverse. -1 photograph of technicians checking Surveyor III before its launch. Vintage NASA black-and-white print (20cm x 25cm) captioned on the reverse, bearing the number 67-H-303. SURVEYOR PROGRAMME – The programme comprised seven Surveyor probes (30 May 1966 to 20 February 1968). Surveyor 1 was the first American probe to land on the Moon. In total, five Surveyor probes landed on the Moon and transmitted some 86,326 images and data from our satellite (Surveyor 1, 3, 5, 6 and 7). Surveyor 2 and 4, however, crashed on the Moon.
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About the sale SPACE EXPLORATION AND AERONAUTICS: NASA photos, models, documents, etc.
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Auction time 07/09/2026 at 6:00 PM
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