Ranger 3
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Ranger 3 was a space exploration mission conducted by NASA to study the Moon. The Ranger 3 robotic spacecraft was launched January 26, 1962 as part of the Ranger program. Due to a series of malfunctio
Ranger 3
Artist's concept of Ranger 3 in space
Erection of Atlas 121D on 12/21/1961
Launch of Ranger 3
Ranger program
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The Ranger program was a series of uncrewed space missions by the United States in the 1960s whose objective was to obtain the first close-up images of the surface of the Moon. The Ranger spacecraft w
Ranger 3
…3 was a space exploration mission conducted by NASA to study the Moon. The Ranger 3 robotic spacecraft was launched January 26, 1962 as part of the Ranger program. Due to a series of malfunctions, the spacecraft missed the Moon by 22,000 miles (35,000 km) and entered a heliocentric orbit. The Ranger 3 space probe…
First image of the Moon returned by a Ranger mission (Ranger 7 in 1964)
Program Ranger Organization Chart
Ranger block I spacecraft diagram. (NASA)
A Ranger probe undergoing restoration at the Udvar-Hazy Center