The Ranger Project was a landmark in the development of this nation's capability for flying unmanned missions to the Moon and the planets . Many of the space sciences and technologies that were later to prove so important to both soft - landed and manned lunar missions , and to the automated exploration of the near planets , were conceived and developed out of Ranger experience.
In this sense , Ranger was a pioneer effort - a fruitful and highly fertile seedbed out of which the United States thrust into deep space had many of its origins . This chronology records the principal events-- the successes and failures , the accomplishments and disappointments - of those critical years , 1957-1965
Author(s): R Carhill Hall
Publisher: NASA
Year: 1971
Language: English
Pages: 581
City: JPL
Tags: NASA Ranger Probe Moon
Foreword
List of Figures
Preface
I. Introduction
II. Ranger Chronology, A Summary
III. Ranger Preliminary Events, 1957-1959
IV. Ranger Blocks I and II, 1960-1962
V. Ranger Blocks III, IV, and V, 196301965
Appendix A: Lunar Missions, 1958-1965
Appendix B: Ranger Schedule History
Appendix C: Ranger Performance History
Appendix D: Ranger Financial History
Appendix E: Ranger Cost History
Appendix F: Ranger Manpower History
Appendix G: Ranger Space Science
Appendix I: Ranger Spacecraft Major Subcontractors
Glossary
Index
