Ranger 6 Lunar Impact Spacecraft
Ranger 6 was NASA’s first Block 3 Ranger test-bed and impacted the Moon on target in 1964, but a short circuit disabled its six-camera TV system before the planned Apollo-supporting close-up imaging.
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Identity
- Aliases
- Ranger 6Ranger VIRanger 6 lunar probeRanger 6 spacecraft
- Family Name
- Ranger 6
- Full Name
- Ranger 6 Lunar Impact Spacecraft
- Roles
- interplanetary_probeimpactortechnology_demonstratorresearch
- Status
- retired
- Type
- spacecraft
Details
- Description
- Ranger 6 was NASA’s first Block 3 Ranger test-bed and impacted the Moon on target in 1964, but a short circuit disabled its six-camera TV system before the planned Apollo-supporting close-up imaging.
- First Flight Year
- 1,964
- Last Flight Year
- 1,964
- Operator
- Spacecraft Specs
- Launch Mass
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Links
- Official Url
- https://science.nasa.gov/mission/ranger-6/
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- Creation Time
- August 13, 2026 at 12:07:44 UTC
- Updated Time
- August 15, 2026 at 02:04:59 UTC