Surveyor 2 Stories
Earth May Have Captured a 1960s-Era Rocket Booster
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In 1966, NASA launched Surveyor 2 to the Moon. Now its rocket booster has apparently returned to near-Earth space. Earth has captured a tiny object from its orbit around the Sun and will keep it as a temporary satellite for…
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Surveyor 2 Impacts Moon
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The National Aeronautics and Space Administration's Surveyor II spacecraft impacted the moon near the crater Copernicus on September 22, 1966.
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