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Surveyor 2
Surveyor 2
was the second
American
lunar lander in the
Surveyor program
.
Launched
September 20
, 1966; landed
September 23
, 1966
Weight on landing: 644 lbs
A mid-course correction failure resulted in the spacecraft tumbling and loss of control. The spacecraft crashed into Sinus Medii on the Moon.