Publication Date:
2005-11-30
Description:
It was concluded that the Surveyor 3 spacecraft moved, probably as a result of a sudden failure of the leg 3 shock absorber, between May 1967 and November 1969. The time at which the movement occurred can be estimated only from comparison of the shielded and unshielded portions of footpad 3 and a knowledge of the mechanism and rate of the process that tans the painted surface.
Keywords:
SPACE SCIENCES
Type:
NASA, Washington Analysis of Surveyor 3 Mater. and Phot. Returned by Apollo 12; p 114-119
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