SOFT-LANDING TEST.—The United States Space Agency’s Surveyor spacecraft descending under a balloon just before its own engines took control for a landing about 3.5 miles an hour on the southern New Mexico desert at Holloman Air Force base. The craft, which passed its first softlanding test, is designed for a similar landing on the moon.
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Press, Volume CV, Issue 31062, 18 May 1966, Page 8
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55SOFT-LANDING TEST.—The United States Space Agency’s Surveyor spacecraft descending under a balloon just before its own engines took control for a landing about 3.5 miles an hour on the southern New Mexico desert at Holloman Air Force base. The craft, which passed its first softlanding test, is designed for a similar landing on the moon. Press, Volume CV, Issue 31062, 18 May 1966, Page 8
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