SP-168 EXPLORING SPACE WITH A CAMERA

Surveyor III bounced twice on landing, April 20, 1967, and slid down one steep wall of a crater. The multiple landings arose from a failure of its vernier engines to shut off as programmed. The mosaic above shows the surface disturbances made by its three legs (1, 2, 3) and one of the thrusting vernier rocket engines (V) at the end of the first bounce. Footpad 2 hit the surface first, followed by I and 3. All three rebounded, but 2 hit again (2') while I and 3 were still in the air

Surveyor III bounced twice on landing, April 20, 1967, and slid down one steep wall of a crater. The multiple landings arose from a failure of its vernier engines to shut off as programmed. The mosaic above shows the surface disturbances made by its three legs (1, 2, 3) and one of the thrusting vernier rocket engines (V) at the end of the first bounce. Footpad 2 hit the surface first, followed by I and 3. All three rebounded, but 2 hit again (2') while I and 3 were still in the air

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