I was reading about the most recent tipped over lunar landers, and I heard about the Surveyor program. Somehow I had forgotten/never known that NASA had landed unmanned landers on the moon. It is super impressive that they suceeded. But the craziest achievement is that Apollo 12 landed at the same site, within 600ft, of Surveyor 3. Here is an article about how they located the Surveyor 3 site to make the rendezvous possible. https://news.arizona.edu/story/uarizona-moon-researchers-helped-nasa-nail-apollo-12-pinpoint-landing
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UArizona Moon Researchers Helped NASA Nail Apollo 12 Pinpoint Landing

Ewen Whitaker identified the correct location of the Surveyor 3 landing site, making NASA's demonstration of a pinpoint landing of Apollo 12 possible.

University of Arizona News