This new software will be transmitted to Surveyor in a few weeks. The only other notable activity this week occurred late Thursday. That evening, the flight team transmitted a short series of commands to Surveyor that modified the onboard software. These minor changes will ensure that the infinite-loop condition that resulted in safe mode entry will never happen again. After a mission-elapsed time of 211 days from launch, Surveyor is 137.88 million kilometers from the Earth, 24.04 million kilometers from Mars, and is moving in an orbit around the Sun with a velocity of 22.57 kilometers per second.
All systems continue to be in excellent condition.