Successful visited on the Moon by Apollo 12 crew. Successful first lunar soft landing and first picture from the lunar surface
examines the robotic Surveyor 3 spacecraft during his second extravehicular activity (EVA) on the Moon on 20 November 1969. Successful first pictures of the lunar farside.Īpollo 12 commander Charles Conrad Jr. Successful first spacecraft to impact the Moon's surface James Van Allen inspect components of the Pioneer IV spacecraft on March 1, 1959.
