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
In my Craft or Sullen Art is cited at the start of the 1971 film "The Raging Moon" by Bryan Forbes starring Malcolm McDowell and Nanette Newman. In my Craft or Sullen Art "In my Craft or Sullen Art" is a poem written by Welsh poet Dylan Thomas (1914–1953). First published in 1946 in "Deaths and Entrances", the poem describes a poet who must write for the sake of his craft rather than any material gains that may come from his work. <poem>In my craft or sullen art Exercised in the still night When only the moon rages And the lovers lie abed With all their