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, however, led to the failure of the first six flights. At one point, the program was called "shoot and hope". Congress launched an investigation into "problems of management" at NASA Headquarters and Jet Propulsion Laboratory. After two reorganizations of the agencies, Ranger 7 successfully returned images in July 1964, followed by two more successful missions.

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Ashkenaz, Calvinist Republic of Ghent, Chinland, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Havilah, Kingdom of Martabam-hongsawatoi, Kingdom of Wolaita, Persia, Sikh Confederacy, Sweden, Tarshish, Dong Fang Hong 2, Ekran, 1959, 1950s, 

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Program Ranger organization

Ranger Jeff Driscoll Presents a Kids Program (6b01a4ca-b665-ae68-9ace-48e2e1af7d23)

Ranger Project Manager, Harris M. Schurmeier, posing with Ranger II as a wizard with two bunny-suited ghost friends standing behind him

Ranger 6

The Ranger Spacecraft (9467296290)

Shoemaker and Kuiper Answer Newsmen's Questions at the Interim Scientific Results Conference

Stamp of Congo, Republic (Brazzaville) - 1967 - Colnect 974331 - Ranger VI - Lunik II over the Moon

Kuiper, Heacock, and Whitaker Examine Ranger 8 Pictures at the Flight Control Center

Homer Newell, William Pickering, and Harris Schurmeier Answer Newsmen's Questions at Ranger 6 Postflight Press Conference

• Ranger VIII and IX: Part II. Experimenters’ Analyses and Interpretations - Apollo era document, English, 1966, online

Type	Subtype	Date	Description	Notes	Source
commons	image		ParkingOrbit		Commons
commons	image		Program Ranger organization		Commons
commons	image		Ranger Jeff Driscoll Presents a Kids Program (6b01a4ca-b665-ae68-9ace-48e2e1af7d23)		Commons
commons	image		Ranger Project Manager, Harris M. Schurmeier, posing with Ranger II as a wizard with two bunny-suited ghost friends standing behind him		Commons
commons	image		Ranger 6		Commons
commons	image		The Ranger Spacecraft (9467296290)		Commons
commons	image		Shoemaker and Kuiper Answer Newsmen's Questions at the Interim Scientific Results Conference		Commons
commons	image		Stamp of Congo, Republic (Brazzaville) - 1967 - Colnect 974331 - Ranger VI - Lunik II over the Moon		Commons
commons	image		Kuiper, Heacock, and Whitaker Examine Ranger 8 Pictures at the Flight Control Center		Commons
commons	image		Homer Newell, William Pickering, and Harris Schurmeier Answer Newsmen's Questions at Ranger 6 Postflight Press Conference		Commons