Ranger lunar probe program
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The Ranger lunar probe program was a series of early U.S. robotic missions in the 1960s designed to obtain close-up images of the Moon’s surface by deliberately impacting the lunar terrain.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
NASA space program
ⓘ
lunar exploration program ⓘ robotic spacecraft program ⓘ |
| aimedAt | Moon NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| contributedTo | Apollo program landing site selection ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| dataTypeCollected |
high-resolution lunar images
ⓘ
telemetry ⓘ |
| endTime | 1965 ⓘ |
| era | early 1960s Space Race ⓘ |
| failureRateEarlyMissions | high ⓘ |
| firstSuccessfulLunarImpactMission | Ranger 7 GENERATED ⓘ |
| followedBy |
Lunar Orbiter program
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Surveyor program NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| includes |
Ranger 1
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Ranger 2 NERFINISHED ⓘ Ranger 3 NERFINISHED ⓘ Ranger 4 NERFINISHED ⓘ Ranger 5 NERFINISHED ⓘ Ranger 6 NERFINISHED ⓘ Ranger 7 NERFINISHED ⓘ Ranger 8 NERFINISHED ⓘ Ranger 9 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| laterMissionsOutcome | successful lunar imaging and impact ⓘ |
| launchVehicleUsed | Atlas LV-3 Agena-B NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| managedBy | Jet Propulsion Laboratory NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| missionProfile | deliberate impact on lunar surface ⓘ |
| missionType | impact probe ⓘ |
| notableMission |
Ranger 7
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Ranger 8 NERFINISHED ⓘ Ranger 9 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| numberOfMissions | 9 ⓘ |
| operator | NASA ⓘ |
| partOf | United States lunar exploration efforts ⓘ |
| precededBy | early U.S. lunar flyby attempts ⓘ |
| primaryObjective | obtain close-up images of the Moon’s surface ⓘ |
| Ranger7_impactDate | 1964-07-31 ⓘ |
| Ranger7_impactSite | Mare Cognitum NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| Ranger8_impactDate | 1965-02-20 ⓘ |
| Ranger8_impactSite | Mare Tranquillitatis NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| Ranger9_impactDate | 1965-03-24 ⓘ |
| Ranger9_impactSite | Alphonsus crater region NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| spaceAgency | NASA ⓘ |
| spacecraftType |
Ranger Block I
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Ranger Block II NERFINISHED ⓘ Ranger Block III NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| startTime | 1961 ⓘ |
| status | completed ⓘ |
| targetBody | Moon NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| technologyDemonstrated | high-speed lunar imaging prior to impact ⓘ |
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