SPACE — On January 30, 1964, NASA launched the Ranger 6 spacecraft. Its mission was to approach the lunar surface and get the first close-up images of it.
The spacecraft carried six television cameras to transmit videos and images of the moon. However, the six cameras failed, and no images reached Earth.
As with previous Rangers, this mission was the sixth failure for the Ranger program. The US Congress was none too pleased with the series of failures and called for an investigation into management problems at NASA Headquarters and the Jet Propulsion Laboratory.
The next mission, Ranger 7, launched six months later and was the difference. The ranger had great success taking pictures of the moon. Source: Space.com
2024-01-30 15:26:00
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