The Last Signal

AI-narrated documentary

Surveyor 1: in its own words

Coming soonAI-made

Chapters

  1. 01Born
  2. 02Launch
  3. 03Landing
  4. 04Life’s work
  5. 05Last signal
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Born

Born on Earth. Resting among the stars.

Engineers assembling a rover in a cleanroom (AI-generated placeholder)
Assembly · Hughes Aircraft

The first American spacecraft to soft-land on the Moon. It proved the ground could hold a lander, three years before Apollo 11.

Builder
Hughes Aircraft
Type
Lander

3D model

Interactive 3D coming soon

Launch day

A rocket lifting off at night (AI-generated placeholder)

30 May 1966
Atlas-Centaur
Launch Complex 36A

Landing

2 June 1966
Oceanus Procellarum
Retro-rocket soft landing

Last signal

07.01.1967 · last signal

Surveyor 1 survived the long lunar nights and answered Earth on and off for seven months before its final contact in January 1967.

Tribute wall

Saved on this device for now. A shared wall is coming.

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Sources

Resting on Moon. Photos on this page are AI-generated placeholders until credited archive images are added.