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Lunar impact: A history of Project Ranger

Complete history of the Ranger project is provided as a tool for understanding the evolution and operational form of NASA's continuing progress of unmanned space exploration. Basic management techniques, flight operating procedures and technology for NASA's later unmanned lunar and planetary missions were reviewed. Methods for selecting experiments and integrating them with the spacecraft were also investigated.

Hall, R. C.↗

RANGER PROJECT STATUS

Status of the ranger project, a program for obtaining lunar surface data in preparation for manned flights, noting results of the four ranger flights

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The Ranger Project

In preparation for the first landing of a human on the Moon, several precursor missions were necessary to investigate its unknown environment.

Ranger↗

The Deep Space Network

The objectives, functions, and organization, of the Deep Space Network are summarized. Deep Space stations, ground communications, and network operations control capabilities are described. The network is designed for two-way communications with unmanned spacecraft traveling approximately 1600 km from earth to the farthest planets in the solar system. It has provided tracking and data acquisition support for the following projects: Ranger, Surveyor, Mariner, Pioneer, Apollo, Helios, Viking, and the Lunar Orbiter.

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Where next in space/ques/

Mariner, Surveyor, Ranger, Lunar Orbiter, Gemini, Apollo, Saturn, Centaur, and lunar exploration space programs

MARINER PROGRAM↗