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
The Moon Maid Australia. The Moon Maid The Moon Maid is a fantasy novel by American writer Edgar Rice Burroughs, belonging to the Lost World sub-gerne. It was written in three parts, Part 1 was begun in June 1922 under the title "The Moon Maid", Part 2 was begun in 1919 under the title "Under the Red Flag", later retitled "The Moon Men", Part 3 was titled "The Red Hawk". As evident from its name, "Under the Red Flag" was originally set in contemporary Soviet Russia, with the Bolsheviks as villains; as this was not popular with the publishers, Burroughs transferred it to