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📅 58 years ago #OTD...
🛰 Surveyor 3 launched
🌕 Second US spacecraft to soft-land on the Moon
📸 Returned close-up images of lunar surface
🛰 Conducted key analysis to support Apollo landings
🏆 1st craft to carry surface-soil scoop
On Monday, 17 April 1967, NASA launched Surveyor 3 - the third lander of the Surveyor Program and only the second US spacecraft to achieve a soft landing on the Moon.
It's landing was not straight-forward though: reflective rocks confused the lander's descent radar causing it's engines to cut-out prematurely - with the lander descending quicker than intended and bouncing twice on the surface before settling with a soft touch-down.
The spacecraft was designed to perform sampling of the surface and was fitted with a number of cameras to image the surface and samples taken. The cameras returned 6,326 pictures between 20 April and 3 May, when it was shutdown for lunar night - and after which could not be reactivated.
These images provided crucial information about the Moon's geology and topography and included views of the spacecraft, panoramic lunar surveys, the mechanical surface digger at work and of an eclipse of the Sun by the Earth on 24 April.
The craft dug four trenches and collected samples in view of it's cameras and based on experiments, provided evidence to conclude the lunar surface was solid enough to support the landing of a Lunar Module.
Notably Surveyor 3 became famous when chosen as the landing site for Apollo 12 - who successfully landed within walking distance and photographed the probe, retrieved samples, sensors and equipment - including the cameras which held further images than already returned.
Images, Credit: NASA
1. Charles Conrad, of Apollo 12, inspecting Surveyor 3 with lunar module in the distance.
2. Surveyor 3 photographed during second Apollo 12 extravehicular activity.
3. Panorama returned of the Mare surface
4. Angular rocks photographed around a sharp-rim crater
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💖 Looking for #WeAreAllDeso volunteers - speak up
Mindful that despite being one of the most consistent active users for 1,472 days since 🔗 block 13,366 when I joined - way back on 7th April 2021... (with WELL-over 1 million transactions)...
...I've been awfully absent - and my apologies for this!! 💖
I don't want anyone thinking I've lost my commitment here - as that would be so far from the truth that you'd start believing in flat earth!
But - I must admit - I've fallen down that trap of being so heads-down buried, and so utterly disappointed at Focus, that I've simply not engaged like I did previously.
However, I'd like to reaffirm that I am 100% committed to DESO as a protocol.
Most of you (real users) know that I'm working on quite a substantial project under the guise of "@BeyondSocial", but, unlike some others, I'm not in the game of releasing a premature project - so let's say "good things come to those who wait".
"Silent, but not still"... I have 5-6 active projects, which will be launching when the time is right.
And... they're quite a mix.
I'm looking for a handful of volunteers - NOT technical people
(...I stress again for the people at the back "NOT technical people" - instead: real end-users) for testing these before launch and (ideally) folk that would be willing to:
- test each app and review:
- website copy, terms, FAQs
- press releases
- elevator pitches, and
- boilerplate social media posts
I'm really missing the everyday engagement I used to have with pretty much every actual user here (let's face it - there's around 50 of us in total) - it simply doesn't feel quite the same now that all of our engagement is on Telegram.
Anyway, please raise your hand and reply if you're willing to share a little of your time to help with the forthcoming launches and give your real, unbiased and honest feedback.
It's the real feedback that I'm after... and those of you already engaged in various beta programmes with me know that I will take it all onboard 💖
Got good start on cabinets today
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