Lunar Impact: The NASA History of Project Ranger

Hall, R. Cargill

ISBN 10: 0486477576 / ISBN 13: 9780486477572

Published by Dover Publications, Inc., Mineola, New York, 2010

About this Item

Illustrated glossy card covers. This edition is an unabridged republication of the work originally published in the NASA History Series (NASA SP-4210), Washington, D.C., in 1977. A new Introduction by Paul Dickson has been specially prepared for this edition. Illustrated with black-and-white photograph reproductions and figures/diagrams. Very faint cover edgewear. Otherwise clean, tight, and unworn.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Lunar Impact: The NASA History of Project Ranger
• Publisher: Dover Publications, Inc., Mineola, New York
• Publication Date: 2010
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0486477576
• ISBN 13: 9780486477572
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: Very Good +
• Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket

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Synopsis

America's first successful attempt at unmanned lunar exploration, Project Ranger culminated in close-up television images of the moon's surface. Sponsored by NASA and executed by the Jet Propulsion Lab, the project ran from 1959 to 1965 and produced management techniques, flight operating procedures, and technology employed by later space missions.
This official NASA publication presents the complete history of the nine Project Ranger missions. Author R. Cargill Hall, the historian of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, offers an authoritative account of the evolution and operations of the continuing program of unmanned exploration of deep space. More than 100 photographs depict key personnel and illustrate rockets and a range of other equipment. Nine helpful appendixes feature a fascinating array of source documents.