Lunar Impact: The NASA History of Project Ranger
- ISBN-10
- 0486139719
- ISBN-13
- 9780486139715
- Category
- Science
- Pages
- 480
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2013-01-17
- Publisher
- Courier Corporation
- Author
- R. Cargill Hall
Description
America's first successful attempt at robotic lunar exploration, Project Ranger ran from 1959 to 1965, culminating in close-up television images of the moon's surface. This official NASA history is illustrated by more than 100 photographs.
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