Surveyor program in the Space Race with the Soviet Union. Thus, the Surveyor 1 landing in June 1966, only four months after the Soviet Luna 9 probe landed in February, was an indication the programs were at similar stages. Surveyor program The Surveyor program was a NASA program that, from June 1966 through January 1968, sent seven robotic spacecraft to the surface of the Moon. Its primary goal was to demonstrate the feasibility of soft landings on the Moon. The Surveyor craft were the first American spacecraft to achieve soft landing on an extraterrestrial body. The missions called for the craft to
Martin Craft recorded the album "Blood Moon", which attracted the attention of Jeff Barrett of Heavenly Recordings. The label released the album on 17 June 2016. The music video for the single "Chemical Trails" was directed by fellow Australian, photographer George Byrne. "Blood Moon" features ten songs based on piano improvisations by Craft. Participating performers are Seb Rochford, Kristina Train and Mary Lattimore. Craft tended to play most of the instruments on his own records, and has most often acted as his own engineer and producer. Whilst many of his songs incorporate folk-style finger-picking, others draw their inspiration from dance-influenced pop, Latin