Forerunner Date: 11.18.1969 Apollo 12 astronauts Charles Conrad and Alan Bean recovered a camera and soil scoop from Surveyor 3 more than two and a half years after it landed on the Moon. Scientists back on Earth study the equipment to measure the effects of long term exposure on the lunar surface.
Surveyor 3 landed on the moon on April 20, 1967, paving the way for the Apollo crew that visited it almost two years later.
