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OFFICE OF PUBLIC INFORMATION
JET PROPULSION LABORATORY, CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY
NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION
PASADENA, CALIFORNIA. TELEPHONE 354-5011
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
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The target area for Surveyor A is a circle 62 miles in
diameter in Oceanus Procellarium. The center of the circle is
3 degrees South latitude, 44 degrees West longitude. The area
is a potential landing site for Apollo.
The target circle includes Flamsteed Crater, 12 miles
in diameter, one mile deep and with a rim rising about 1,800
feet above the lunar surface. Two lesser craters, known as
Flamsteed D and Flamsteed E lie three miles northeast, respect-
ively, of big Flamsteed. Otherwise, the terrain is relatively
flat.
The Soviet Union's Luna 9 landed in the Oceanus Pro-
cellarium, also known as the Sea of Storms, about 600 miles
northwest of Surveyor's target area.
389-5/28/66 J