The Surveyor spacecraft, fabricated at the Lockheed Martin Astronautics plant in Denver, is a rectangular-shaped box with wing-like projections (solar panels) extending from opposite sides.

It photographed proposed landing sites for Apollo and Surveyor spacecraft on the Moon, and returned the first pictures of the Earth from lunar orbit.

Although the storm has abated, Dr. Garvin said, the Global Surveyor spacecraft, which has been orbiting Mars for four years, is closely monitoring conditions.

They collected moon rocks and examined the Surveyor 3 spacecraft that had landed on the Moon in 1967.

Several Surveyor spacecraft had robotic shovels designed to test lunar soil mechanics.

Conrad and Bean walked on the lunar surface and collected rock samples and pieces of the Surveyor 3 spacecraft.

The magnetic stripes of Mars might not have been discovered if the Global Surveyor spacecraft's solar-power panel had not malfunctioned.

The Intrepid lander descent stage, experiment package (ALSEP), Surveyor 3 spacecraft, and astronaut footpaths are all visible.

Just as Pathfinder tested new descent and landing techniques and Sojourner has introduced mobility to a planetary surface, the Global Surveyor spacecraft will be trying something new.

In 1969 the Apollo 12 mission landed next to the Surveyor 3 spacecraft, demonstrating precision landing capability.