Atlas Centaur D | Surveyor 2
Lunar probe lost due to the failure of a vernier engine during a midcourse correction maneuver which sent the spacecraft in an unrecoverable tumble.
Mission Details
- Launch date: September 20, 1966 at 12:32 PM UTC
- Launch vehicle: Atlas Centaur D
- Operator: United States Air Force
- Launch site: Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
- Mission type: Lunar Exploration