Late lunar afternoon sun reveals shadow of Surveyor 1, still standing

By Cosmic Tribune on June 6, 2016   Astronomy, Impacting, Moon, Out There, Space Travel, Sun, Time and Space  

[CLICK ON IMAGE FOR HIGH RESOLUTION, NASA / GSFC / Arizona State U. / Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter Fifty years ago, Surveyor 1 reached the Moon. Launched on May 30, 1966 and landed on June 2, 1966 with the Moon at full phase it became the first U.S. spacecraft to make a soft landing on another […]