Ranger program

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The Ranger program was an early U.S. lunar exploration initiative that sent a series of unmanned spacecraft to photograph and impact the Moon, paving the way for later Surveyor and Apollo missions.

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Ranger program canonical 5
Ranger Block I 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf NASA program ⓘ
lunar exploration program ⓘ
communicationBand S-band ⓘ
contributedTo selection of Apollo landing sites ⓘ
understanding of lunar surface morphology ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
endDate 1965 ⓘ
era early Space Age ⓘ
firstLaunch Ranger 1 ⓘ
firstLaunchDate 1961-08-23 ⓘ
firstSuccessfulMission Ranger 7 ⓘ
followedBy Apollo program ⓘ
Surveyor program ⓘ
fundingAgency United States government ⓘ
imageTransmissionMethod analog television ⓘ
impactSiteRegion Mare Cognitum ⓘ
Mare Nubium ⓘ
Mare Tranquillitatis ⓘ
lastLaunch Ranger 9 ⓘ
lastLaunchDate 1965-03-21 ⓘ
launchSite Cape Canaveral Air Force Station ⓘ
Cape Canaveral Launch Complex 12 ⓘ
launchVehicle Atlas LV-3 Agena-B ⓘ
managingAgency Jet Propulsion Laboratory ⓘ
missionProfile direct impact on lunar surface ⓘ
notableMission Ranger 7 ⓘ
Ranger 8 ⓘ
Ranger 9 ⓘ
numberOfFailures 6 ⓘ
numberOfMissions 9 ⓘ
numberOfSuccessfulMissions 3 ⓘ
objective impact the lunar surface ⓘ
obtain close-up images of the Moon ⓘ
support planning for Apollo crewed landings ⓘ
operator NASA ⓘ
parentAgency United States National Aeronautics and Space Administration ⓘ
linked to: NASA
partOf United States lunar exploration program ⓘ
precededBy Pioneer program ⓘ
scienceReturn high-resolution lunar images ⓘ
scientificDiscipline lunar science ⓘ
planetary science ⓘ
spacecraftBus Ranger Block I ⓘ
Ranger Block II ⓘ
Ranger Block III ⓘ
spacecraftPowerSource solar panels ⓘ
spacecraftType uncrewed lunar probe ⓘ
startDate 1959 ⓘ
status completed ⓘ
target Moon ⓘ
technologyDemonstration television imaging from lunar approach ⓘ

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