Media Information

 
 
 
Collection:
NASA Great Images in Nasa Collection
Title:
The Ranger Spacecraft
Full Description:
The Ranger fleet of spacecraft launched in the mid-sixties provided for the first time live television transmissions of the Moon from lunar orbit. These transmissions resolved surface features as small as 10 inches across and provided over 17,000 images of the lunar surface. These detailed photographs allowed scientists and engineers to study the Moon in greater detail than ever before thus allowing for the design of a spacecraft that would one day land men of Earth on its surface.
Date:
01/01/1961
NASA Center:
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Subject Category:
Lunar Probes
Keywords:
Moon
Keywords:
Ranger
Audience:
General Public
facet_what:
Earth
facet_what:
Moon
facet_what:
Ranger
facet_where:
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
facet_where:
Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL)
facet_when:
01-01-1961
facet_when_year:
1961
Image #:
p2888a
original_url:
UID:
SPD-GRIN-GPN-2000-00 1979
Center:
JPL
Center Number:
p2888a
GRIN DataBase Number:
GPN-2000-001979
Creator-Photographer:
NASA
Original Source:
digital

The Ranger Spacecraft