Surveyor 3 Visited by Apollo 12 Astronauts Target Name:   Moon Spacecraft:   Surveyor 3 Produced by:   NASA Copyright:  NASA Copyright Free Policy

• Surveyor

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.