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Ranger program

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 were designed to take images of the lunar surface, transmitting those images to Earth until the spacecraft were destroyed upon impact. A series of mishaps…

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Bus
Block I, Block II, Block III
Country of origin
United States
Derivatives
Mariner
Failed
5
Last launch
March 21, 1965
Launched
9

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Ranger program

Nodes36
Edges35
Triples33
Avg. degree1.94
Density0.055556
Components1

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Ranger program

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related to Ranger spacecraft · 23
Ranger program → A-camera, After, B-camera, Burke, Each, Earth-based, F-channel, Harris Schurmeier, III Ranger, James, Leonard, Malling, P-channel, P1, P2, P3, P4, Ranger, Rangers, The
Bus · 1
Ranger program → Block I, Block II, Block III
Country of origin · 1
Ranger program → United States
Derivatives · 1
Ranger program → Mariner
Failed · 1
Ranger program → 5
Last launch · 1
Ranger program → March 21, 1965
Launched · 1
Ranger program → 9
Maiden launch · 1
Ranger program → August 23, 1961
Manufacturer · 1
Ranger program → Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Operator · 1
Ranger program → NASA

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ranger spacecraft block lunar images missions moon impact launch program surface series cameras system successful failed launched nasa first mission

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Ranger programBusBlock I, Block II, Block III1.00infobox
Ranger programCountry of originUnited States1.00infobox
Ranger programDerivativesMariner1.00infobox
Ranger programFailed51.00infobox
Ranger programLast launchMarch 21, 19651.00infobox
Ranger programLaunched91.00infobox
Ranger programMaiden launchAugust 23, 19611.00infobox
Ranger programManufacturerJet Propulsion Laboratory1.00infobox
Ranger programOperatorNASA1.00infobox
Ranger programStatusRetired1.00infobox
Ranger programrelated to Ranger spacecraftEach0.60section
Ranger programrelated to Ranger spacecraftIII Ranger0.60section

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