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Pre-Apollo Lunar Exploration
Pre-Apollo Lunar Exploration is explored here through 21 archived missions, from Ranger 1 through Surveyor 7, with the program’s spacecraft, people, milestones, and source-backed history connected along the way.
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Pre-Apollo Lunar Exploration spacecraft
21 mission-specific spacecraft and test articles, plus 0 launch systems and shared hardware records.
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Robotic lunar photographic orbiterAugust 10, 1966Lunar Orbiter 1 spacecraft
Lunar Orbiter 1 spacecraft was one of five Boeing-built photographic orbiters managed by NASA Langley.
Robotic lunar photographic orbiterNovember 6, 1966Lunar Orbiter 2 spacecraft
Lunar Orbiter 2 spacecraft was one of five Boeing-built photographic orbiters managed by NASA Langley.
Robotic lunar photographic orbiterFebruary 5, 1967Lunar Orbiter 3 spacecraft
Lunar Orbiter 3 spacecraft was one of five Boeing-built photographic orbiters managed by NASA Langley.
Robotic lunar photographic orbiterMay 4, 1967Lunar Orbiter 4 spacecraft
Lunar Orbiter 4 spacecraft was one of five Boeing-built photographic orbiters managed by NASA Langley.
Robotic lunar photographic orbiterAugust 1, 1967Lunar Orbiter 5 spacecraft
Lunar Orbiter 5 spacecraft was one of five Boeing-built photographic orbiters managed by NASA Langley.
Lunar impactor and instrument capsuleJanuary 26, 1962Ranger 3 spacecraft
Ranger 3 spacecraft was the P-34 Block II spacecraft launched for Ranger 3.
Lunar impactor and instrument capsuleApril 23, 1962Ranger 4 spacecraft
Ranger 4 spacecraft was the P-35 Block II spacecraft launched for Ranger 4.
Lunar impactor and instrument capsuleOctober 18, 1962Ranger 5 spacecraft
Ranger 5 spacecraft was the P-36 Block II spacecraft launched for Ranger 5.
Television lunar impactorJanuary 30, 1964Ranger 6 spacecraft
Ranger 6 spacecraft was the P-53 Block III spacecraft launched for Ranger 6.
Television lunar impactorJuly 28, 1964Ranger 7 spacecraft
Ranger 7 spacecraft was the P-54 Block III spacecraft launched for Ranger 7.
Television lunar impactorFebruary 17, 1965Ranger 8 spacecraft
Ranger 8 spacecraft was the P-55 Block III spacecraft launched for Ranger 8.
Television lunar impactorMarch 21, 1965Ranger 9 spacecraft
Ranger 9 spacecraft was the P-56 Block III spacecraft launched for Ranger 9.