Program archive

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.

Missions: 21
People: 0
Vehicles: 21

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Pre-Apollo Lunar Exploration timeline

21 flights. One complete program record.

Follow every archived flight from the earliest development test through the program’s latest flown mission, with its defining milestones and mission hardware connected along the way.

Every Pre-Apollo Lunar Exploration program record

All 21 flown and non-flight archive records arranged chronologically.

Launch corridor

21 flights and tests compressed into 2 expandable arcs.

Arc 01Ignition1961–1967 · 20 records
Arc 02Final approach1968 · 1 records

Flight arc 01IgnitionRanger 1 → Surveyor 61961–1967 · 20 records1961–1967
20 records

Flight arc 02Final approachSurveyor 7 → Surveyor 71968 · 1 records1968
1 records

January 7, 1968Surveyor 7021