Mission record

Surveyor 7

Also known as Surveyor-G, Surveyor7, Surveyor VII

NASA · Launched January 7, 1968

Completed · Success

The fifth and final Surveyor to achieve a lunar soft landing, and the only one to land in the lunar highlands, on an ejecta blanket north of the rim of Tycho crater.

Destinations: Moon
Launch vehicle: Atlas-Centaur
Launch site: Cape Canaveral, United States
Countries: United States
Mission types: Lander

Chronology

Mission timeline

January 7, 1968, 06:30 UTC
Launch
Surveyor 7 launched
Earth
January 10, 1968, 01:05 UTC
Landing
Surveyor 7 touched down near Tycho crater
Moon
February 12, 1968, 19:01 UTC
Milestone
Surveyor 7 second lunar day operations began
Moon
February 21, 1968, 12:24 UTC
Mission end
Surveyor 7 operations terminated
Earth

Mission architecture

Vehicles

Surveyor 7 · Lander
Destinations: Moon

Trajectory record

Trajectory dataset not yet available

No verified trajectory dataset is committed for this mission, so Mission Atlas renders no path.

Provenance

Sources

Each source is listed once and labeled with the mission, event, trajectory, or destination/body context it supports.

Data verified through August 24, 2026

Surveyor 7 - NASA NSSDCA Spacecraft Details — NSSDCAArchive · Supports: mission claims · event claims
Moon Facts — NASAOther · Supports: destination/body context
Planet Sizes and Locations in Our Solar System — NASAOther · Supports: destination/body context

Mission timeline

Surveyor 7 launched

Surveyor 7 touched down near Tycho crater

Surveyor 7 second lunar day operations began

Surveyor 7 operations terminated

Vehicles

Trajectory dataset not yet available

Sources