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\<COLOUR 1> SPACECRAFT: \<COLOUR 0> Surveyor 1
\<COLOUR 1> LAUNCH DATE: \<COLOUR 0> May 30, 1966
\<COLOUR 1> LAUNCH SITE: \<COLOUR 0> Cape Canaveral, Florida
\<COLOUR 1> LAUNCH VEHICLE: \<COLOUR 0> Atlas-Centaur
\<COLOUR 1> WEIGHT: \<COLOUR 0> 995 kg
\<COLOUR 1> MISSION: \<COLOUR 0> Lunar landing
\<COLOUR 1> LANDED: \<COLOUR 0> June 2, 1966
\<COLOUR 1> COUNTRY: \<COLOUR 0> USA
\<COLOUR 1> COMMENTS: \<COLOUR 0> Surveyor 1 makes the first true soft-landing on the Moon, being braked by retrorockets and landing on three shock-absorbing legs; returns over 11,000 good-quality images over six weeks from near Flamsteed crater.