The Unsung Mission That Made Apollo Possible

Before we could set foot on the moon, the Surveyor missions were sent to give future astronauts some sure footing. Hosted by: Hank Green SciShow has a spinoff podcast! It s called SciShow Tangents. Check it out at http://www.scishowtangents.org ---------- Support SciShow Space by becoming a patron on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/SciShowSpace ---------- Huge thanks go to the following Patreon supporter for helping us keep SciShow Space free for everyone forever: GrowingViolet ---------- Like SciShow? Want to help support us, and also get things to put on your walls, cover your torso and hold your liquids? Check out our awesome products over at DFTBA Records: http://dftba.com/scishow ---------- Looking for SciShow elsewhere on the internet? Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/scishow Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/scishow Tumblr: http://scishow.tumblr.com Instagram: http://instagram.com/thescishow ---------- Sources: https://www.airspacemag.com/daily-planet/surveyor-1-americas-first-lunar-landing-180959289/ http://www.americasuncommonsense.com/blog/wp-content/pdfFiles/Mellberg_Surveyor1-America s%20First%20Moon%20Landing.pdf https://phys.org/news/2016-06-fifty-years-moon-dustsurveyor-pathfinder.html https://www.nasa.gov/feature/jpl/fifty-years-of-moon-dust-surveyor-1-was-a-pathfinder-for-apollo https://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/nmc/spacecraft/display.action?id=1966-045A https://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/nmc/spacecraft/display.action?id=1966-045A Images: https://www.nasa.gov/feature/jpl/fifty-years-of-moon-dust-surveyor-1-was-a-pathfinder-for-apollo https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Surveyor_NASA_lunar_lander.jpg https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WZyRbnpGyzQ https://mars.nasa.gov/mer/spotlight/rocknroll01.html https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Surveyor_1_Fig_3-56.jpg https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Surveyor_1_Foot_Pad.jpg