# Canonical recap data for Lunar Module Soft Landing (1966)
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slug: surveyor-1-moon-landing
canonicalUrl: "https://recap.at/1966/surveyor-1-moon-landing"
title: Lunar Module Soft Landing
subtitle: The Surveyor 1 probe achieved the first soft landing on the Moon, proving a crewed landing was possible and paving the way for Apollo.
recapType: global_event
eventStatus: concluded
startDate: 1966-01-01
datePrecision: year
year: 1966
decade: 1960
country:
name: United States
slug: united-states
summaryShort: A lunar module is a lunar lander designed to allow astronauts to travel between a spacecraft in lunar orbit and the lunar surface. As of 2026, the Apollo Lunar Module is the only lunar module to have ever been used in human spaceflight, completing six lunar landings from 1969 to 1972 during the United States' Apollo pr
summaryLong: A lunar module is a lunar lander designed to allow astronauts to travel between a spacecraft in lunar orbit and the lunar surface. As of 2026, the Apollo Lunar Module is the only lunar module to have ever been used in human spaceflight, completing six lunar landings from 1969 to 1972 during the United States' Apollo program.
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heroImageCredit: Wikipedia · "Lunar module"
importance: 84
sourceConfidence: 75
keyFacts: []
timeline: []
sources:
- url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lunar_module"
  title: Lunar module
  provider: Wikipedia
related: []
categories:
- tech-launch
metaDescription: "A lunar module is a lunar lander designed to allow astronauts to travel between a spacecraft in lunar orbit and the lunar surface. As of 2026, the Apollo Lunar "
wikidataQid: Q65241362
archiveSnapshots:
- url: "https://web.archive.org/web/20260617060522/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lunar_module"
  capturedAt: 2026-06-17
  label: Lunar module
  originalUrl: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lunar_module"
