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Surveyor 3 Component Recovery

United States · Science / Astronomy. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

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1969Date range
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Chronological records

1969

Alan Bean20 November 1969

Ocean of Storms · Science / Astronomy

Helps remove selected components from Surveyor 3 for return to Earth and laboratory study.

Names involved

Alan Bean

Provenance

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