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=== Surveyor 5 === {{Main|Surveyor 5}} [[File:Surveyor 5 Fig 7-41c2.jpg|thumb|Lunar surface imaged by [[Surveyor 5]]]] '''[[Surveyor 5]]''' was launched on September 8, 1967 from Cape Canaveral.<ref>{{Cite web |title=NASA - NSSDCA - Spacecraft - Telemetry Details |url=https://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/nmc/spacecraft/displayTrajectory.action?id=1967-084A |access-date=March 30, 2019 |website=nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov}}</ref> It landed on [[Mare Tranquillitatis]] on September 11, 1967. The spacecraft transmitted excellent data for all experiments from shortly after touchdown until October 18, 1967, with an interval of no transmission from September 24 to October 15, 1967, during the first lunar night. Transmissions were received until November 1, 1967, when shutdown for the second lunar night occurred. Transmissions were resumed on the third and fourth lunar days, with the final transmission occurring on December 17, 1967. A total of 19,118 images were transmitted to Earth.<ref>{{Cite web |title=NASA - NSSDCA - Spacecraft - Details |url=https://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/nmc/spacecraft/display.action?id=1967-084A |access-date=March 30, 2019 |website=nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov}}</ref>
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