Surveyor I Switched On
Monday, April 18, 2016 - 13:10
in Astronomy & Space
Surveyor I, on its 220th day on the moon since it landed in the Ocean of Storms June 1, 1966, was turned on last Friday and communicated with Earth stations for approximately twelve hours. The objective for activating the transmitters aboard the spacecraft was to obtain scientific data on the motion of the moon. Analysis over the weekend of the information obtained shows that this objective was met.