Success

Atlas Centaur D | Surveyor 2

Name: Atlas Centaur D | Surveyor 2
Start: 1966-09-20T12:32:00Z

Tue 20 Sept, 12:32 UTC

Lunar probe lost due to the failure of a vernier engine during a midcourse correction maneuver which sent the spacecraft in an unrecoverable tumble.

Mission type: Lunar Exploration · Orbit: Lunar Impactor

Launch pad

Launch Complex 36A, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA · View on map (opens in new tab)