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Rangers 3 - 5 Target Name:   Moon Spacecraft:   Ranger 3 - 5 Produced by:   NASA/JPL/Calvin J. Hamilton (Publisher Permission Request) Related Document Ranger to the Moon (1964 - 1965) Download Options Name Type Width x Height Size ranger3.jpg JPEG 520 x 640 30K ranger3.jpg JPEG 2443 x 3008 325K ranger3.tif TIFF 2443 x 3008 3M This image shows the Ranger spacecraft 3 through 5 that were used to obtain close-up images of the moon. Ranger 3 was launched on January 26, 1962, but missed the moon. Ranger 4 was launched on April 23, 1962, and became the first US spacecraft to impact on the moon. Ranger 5 was launched on October 18, 1962. It was intended to impact but became a fly-by because of a spacecraft failure. This image was digitally restored by Calvin J. Hamilton.

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