1966-09-20 USA Surveyor 2

"SpaceCraft" Surveyor 2 launch cover cancelled at Cape Canaveral, September 20, 1966. Signed by Deputy Project Manager for Hughes Aircraft Co. Operation, Howard B. Haglund.

Just before Surveyor 2 touchdown moon on 22 September 1966, one of its thrusters malfunctioned during a mid course correction, causing it tumbled out of control and crashed into the moon, southeast of the crater Copernicus.