National Aeronautics and Space Administration
[Lunar landscape from Surveyor 1, Oceanus Procellarum]

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Artist National Aeronautics and Space Administration (American, established 1958)American, established 1958

CultureAmerican

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[Lunar landscape from Surveyor 1, Oceanus Procellarum]

DateJune 1966

PlaceUnited States, Oceanus Procellarus, Moon

MediumGelatin silver prints and ink on blueprint paper

DimensionsOverall: 10 1/2 × 30 1/2 in. (26.7 × 77.5 cm)

Credit LineGift of Daniel Wolf in memory of Maggie Olvey

Object number94.719

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Department

Photography

Object Type

PHOTOGRAPHS

DescriptionIn
preparation for manned missions to the moon, seven unmanned “Surveyor” spacecrafts
were sent to test the soft landing technology, demonstrate the communications
systems, and survey the material and topography of the lunar surface. Launched
on May 30, 1966, Surveyor I touched down on June 2, and over the next six weeks
it beamed more than 21,000 images back to Earth, where members of the U.S.
Geological Survey and the Jet Propulsion Laboratory photographed the images
displayed on their monitors and assembled the individual shots into a mosaic of
the lunar landscape.
ProvenanceDaniel Wolf, New York; given to MFAH, 1994.
Exhibition History"Shooting the Moon: Photographs from the Museum's Collection 50 Years after Apollo 11," Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, July 20–September 2, 2019.

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