Surveyor 5 lunar lander photos

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* Tracking Number: NARA-NGC-2022-001290
* Requester Name:
Sherman McCall
* Date Submitted: 06/09/2022
* Request Status: Submitted
* Description:
To Whom It May Concern:

Pursuant to the Freedom of Information Act, I hereby request the following records:

Please provide copies of any and all photos of the Surveyor 5 lunar lander. Very few photos of the lander itself are publicly available. Please include any photos of its assembly, the completed lander from all view points and being loaded into the rocket. This is not a request for images from the moon. Please provide these in high resolution digital format if possible. In reply to a previous FIOA request, NASA indicated that all material from the mission was turned over to NARA.

The requested documents will be made available to the general public, and this request is not being made for commercial purposes.

In the event that there are fees, I would be grateful if you would inform me of the total charges in advance of fulfilling my request. I would prefer the request filled electronically, by e-mail attachment if available or CD-ROM if not.

Thank you in advance for your anticipated cooperation in this matter. I look forward to receiving your response to this request within 20 business days, as the statute requires.

Sincerely,

Sherman McCall

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Dear Sherman McCall,

I just wanted to reach out to you in regards to your request on records
relating to Surveyor 5 lunar lander. I've looked in our departmental
records for this request and I can't locate one. Is there someone specific
who spoke with or was it just FOIAonline?

If you are still interested in this request, I can forward it to the
departments who can help you with your search.

Please let us know how you would like to proceed.

Sincerely,
Alexis Bucher
Special Access and FOIA Program (RF)
National Archives at College Park

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Due to the COVID-19 pandemic and pursuant to guidance received from the Office of Management and Budget (OMB), NARA has adjusted its normal operations to balance the need of completing its mission-critical work while also adhering to the recommended social distancing for the safety of our staff. As a result of this re-prioritization of activities, you may experience a delay in receiving an initial acknowledgment as well as a substantive response to your reference or FOIA request or appeal. We apologize for this inconvenience and appreciate your understanding and patience.

Thank you.

Dear Sherman McCall,

I am forwarding your request for any and all photos of the Surveyor 5 lunar
lander to our Textual Reference Department as well as our Still Pictures
department as they are the custodial units which would most likely have the
records you are looking for. They will reach out to you directly.

If you would like to follow up directly, the contact information is:

Textual Reference: archives2reference@nara.gov

Still Pictures: stillpix@nara.gov

Please let us know if you have any questions.

Sincerely,
Alexis Bucher
Special Access and FOIA Program (RF)
National Archives at College Park

Dear Mr. McCall,

This is in response to your Freedom of Information Act request (23-11470)
regarding any and all photos of the Surveyor 5 lunar lander. Your request
was received by our office on December 7, 2022. Your request was also sent
to the Still Pictures Branch; their office will respond separately.

Your request consists of a stated topic rather than describing specific
documents, and therefore is not reasonably specific enough for us to be in
a position to easily locate documents responsive to your request. Although
our facility holds records created by NASA, they are not described at a
level that would reasonably lead us to a particular series that would
include the photographs you seek. We recommend browsing the series that
mention Surveyor here: Search Results for Surveyor in RG 255.
<https://catalog.archives.gov/search?q=Surveyor&recordGroupNumber=255&levelOfDescription=series>
If you find records of interest, please reach out to
Archives2Reference@nara.gov for information relating to availability.

It may also be helpful to reach out to the Records Officer for NASA to
determine if Surveyor photographs were accessioned to a particular National
Archives facility. In your request, we recommend asking for both transfer
and accession numbers. Here is their contact information:

Patti Stockman

National Aeronautics and Space Administration

Mail Code AO

300 E Street SW

Washington, DC 20546-0001

patti.stockman@nasa.gov

202-358-4787

You may also want to contact the NASA History Division
<https://history.nasa.gov/> and the JPL Archives
<https://jpl-nasa.libguides.com/archives>.

We do not consider this response a denial under the Freedom of Information
Act because we cannot determine without more specific information whether
the records you have requested exist.

This concludes the processing of your request.

You have the right to file an administrative appeal in writing via regular
U.S. mail or email. Your appeal should be received within ninety (90)
calendar days from the date of this letter and it should explain why you
believe this response does not meet the requirements of the Freedom of
Information Act. Please address it to the Deputy Archivist of the United
States (ND), National Archives and Records Administration, 8601 Adelphi
Road, College Park, Maryland 20740. Both the letter and the envelope
should be clearly marked “Freedom of Information Act Appeal.” You may also
submit your appeal to FOIA@nara.gov also addressed to the Deputy Archivist.
All correspondence should reference your internal case tracking number
noted above.

In addition to your right to file an administrative appeal with the Deputy
Archivist, you may seek assistance from our FOIA Public Liaison, Rebecca
Calcagno. Contact information for the FOIA Public Liaison at the National
Archives, Washington DC area is as follows:

Accessioned Executive Branch Agency Records - Washington, DC Area

FOIA Public Liaison: Rebecca Calcagno

8601 Adelphi Road, Room 5500

College Park, MD 20740-6001

Telephone: 301-837-3190

Email: DC.foia.liaison@nara.gov

You may also contact the Office of Government Information Services (OGIS),
the Federal FOIA Ombudsman’s office, for assistance. OGIS offers mediation
services to help resolve disputes between FOIA requesters and Federal
agencies. The contact information for OGIS is:

Office of Government Information Services

National Archives and Records Administration

8601 Adelphi Road–OGIS

College Park, MD 20740-6001

Phone: 202-741-5770 or 1-877-684-6448

Email: ogis@nara.gov

Sincerely,

Jason Atkinson

Archivist

Archives II Textual Records Division (RR2)

Dear Sherman McCall,

I am writing in response to your Freedom of Information Act Request
received by the Still Picture Branch of the National Archives and Records
Administration on December 5, 2022. We assigned your request FOIA case
number 23-11712.

Your request indicated that you were interested in photographs of the
Surveyor 5 lunar lander. We have located photographs of the Surveyor 5
within Record Group 255: Records of the National Aeronautics and Space
Administration. We have attached scans of three photographs and their
captions to this email. The images are saved by their local identifiers.
These records do not contain access restrictions and are available to be
viewed and reproduced by the public. For additional images or high
resolution copies, you may wish to visit us to reproduce copies of the
photographs yourself in our Research Room in College Park, MD. If you would
like to schedule a Still Picture research room appointment, please visit
https://www.eventbrite.com/o/national-archives-at-college-park-still-pictures-48193105693.
Alternatively if you are unable to visit, you may wish to hire an
independent researcher <https://www.archives.gov/research/hire-help> to
copy these images on your behalf.

This completes the processing of your request. If you have any questions,
the Still Picture Reference Team will be happy to assist you. Written
inquiries may be directed to the Still Picture Reference Team, RRSS, Room
5360, National Archives and Records Administration, 8601 Adelphi Road,
College Park, Maryland 20740-6001. Our phone number is 301-837-0561
<(301)%20837-0561> and fax 301-837-3621 <(301)%20837-3621>. We can also be
reached by email at stillpix@nara.gov.

We do not consider this a denial of your FOIA request. However, if you are
not satisfied with our action on this request, your options for appeal and
dispute resolution are outlined in the attached document.

Sincerely,

Aaron Arthur, Archivist
National Archives and Records Administration
Special Media Records Division
Still Picture Branch (RRSS)
aaron.arthur@nara.gov
301-837-0578

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Dear Sherman McCall/Muckrock News:

This is in response to your Freedom of Information Act request
23-58161. Specifically,
your request was a followup to 23-11470. From the correspondence we
received, we could not determine a new question. Your request was received
by our office on August 9, 2023.

The response we previously sent is below.

This concludes the processing of your request. If you are not satisfied
with our action on this request, your options for appeal and dispute
resolution are outlined in the attached enclosure.

Sincerely,

Cate Brennan

Supervisory Archivist

Reference, Research Rooms, & Augmented Processing Branch (RR2R)

National Archives at College Park

---------- Forwarded message ---------
From: Jason Atkinson <jason.atkinson@nara.gov>
Date: Monday, December 12, 2022 at 2:41:21 PM UTC-5
Subject: Re: [23-11470] Freedom of Information Act Request - Sherman McCall
To: requests@muckrock.com <
requests@muckrock.com>

Dear Mr. McCall,

This is in response to your Freedom of Information Act request (23-11470)
regarding any and all photos of the Surveyor 5 lunar lander. Your request
was received by our office on December 7, 2022. Your request was also sent
to the Still Pictures Branch; their office will respond separately.

Your request consists of a stated topic rather than describing specific
documents, and therefore is not reasonably specific enough for us to be in
a position to easily locate documents responsive to your request. Although
our facility holds records created by NASA, they are not described at a
level that would reasonably lead us to a particular series that would
include the photographs you seek. We recommend browsing the series that
mention Surveyor here: Search Results for Surveyor in RG 255.
<https://catalog.archives.gov/search?q=Surveyor&recordGroupNumber=255&levelOfDescription=series>
If you find records of interest, please reach out to
Archives2Reference@nara.gov for information relating to availability.

It may also be helpful to reach out to the Records Officer for NASA to
determine if Surveyor photographs were accessioned to a particular National
Archives facility. In your request, we recommend asking for both transfer
and accession numbers. Here is their contact information:

Patti Stockman

National Aeronautics and Space Administration

Mail Code AO

300 E Street SW

Washington, DC 20546-0001

patti.stockman@nasa.gov

202-358-4787

You may also want to contact the NASA History Division
<https://history.nasa.gov/> and the JPL Archives
<https://jpl-nasa.libguides.com/archives>.

We do not consider this response a denial under the Freedom of Information
Act because we cannot determine without more specific information whether
the records you have requested exist.

This concludes the processing of your request.

You have the right to file an administrative appeal in writing via regular
U.S. mail or email. Your appeal should be received within ninety (90)
calendar days from the date of this letter and it should explain why you
believe this response does not meet the requirements of the Freedom of
Information Act. Please address it to the Deputy Archivist of the United
States (ND), National Archives and Records Administration, 8601 Adelphi
Road, College Park, Maryland 20740. Both the letter and the envelope
should be clearly marked “Freedom of Information Act Appeal.” You may also
submit your appeal to FOIA@nara.gov also addressed to the Deputy Archivist.
All correspondence should reference your internal case tracking number
noted above.

In addition to your right to file an administrative appeal with the Deputy
Archivist, you may seek assistance from our FOIA Public Liaison, Rebecca
Calcagno. Contact information for the FOIA Public Liaison at the National
Archives, Washington DC area is as follows:

Accessioned Executive Branch Agency Records - Washington, DC Area

FOIA Public Liaison: Rebecca Calcagno

8601 Adelphi Road, Room 5500

College Park, MD 20740-6001

Telephone: 301-837-3190

Email: DC.foia.liaison@nara.gov

You may also contact the Office of Government Information Services (OGIS),
the Federal FOIA Ombudsman’s office, for assistance. OGIS offers mediation
services to help resolve disputes between FOIA requesters and Federal
agencies. The contact information for OGIS is:

Office of Government Information Services

National Archives and Records Administration

8601 Adelphi Road–OGIS

College Park, MD 20740-6001

Phone: 202-741-5770 or 1-877-684-6448

Email: ogis@nara.gov

Sincerely,

Jason Atkinson

Archivist