Ranger 7
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Ranger 7 was the first NASA space probe to successfully transmit close-up images of the lunar surface back to Earth. It was also the first completely successful flight of the Ranger program. Launched
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Ranger 7
Ranger 7 cameras system
Launch of Atlas Agena B with Ranger 7
Ranger 6
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Ranger 6 was a lunar probe in the NASA Ranger program, a series of robotic spacecraft of the early and mid-1960s to obtain close-up images of the Moon's surface. It was launched on January 30, 1964 an
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…performance of the spacecraft exceeded hopes. No other experiments were carried on the spacecraft. Although NASA had attempted to put a positive spin on Ranger 6 on the grounds that everything except the camera system had worked well, William J. Coughlin, editor of the publication Missiles and Rockets, called…
Ranger 6 in the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, California.
Launch of Ranger 6.
The television cameras of the spacecraft Ranger 6.