Before NASA - National Aeronautics and Space Administration sent astronauts to the Moon, it sent the Surveyor landers to check it out. On Jan. 7, 1968, the last of the original Surveyor landers, Surveyor 7, launched. It was the only spacecraft of the series to land in the lunar highlands and had the most extensive set of instruments. It took 21,274 photos while on the lunar surface. Learn more: https://science.nasa.gov/mission/surveyor-7/ | NASA History