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Lunar impact : the NASA history of project ranger / R. Cargill Hall.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: NASA history series | NASA SP ; 4210. | Dover books on astronomyPublication details: Mineola, N.Y. : Dover Publications, 2010.Edition: Dover edDescription: xvii, 450 p. : ill. ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 9780486477572 (pbk.) :
  • 0486477576 (pbk.)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 629.43/53 22
LOC classification:
  • TL789.8 .U6R35 2010
Contents:
The original Ranger. The origins of Ranger ; Organizing the campaign ; Space science and the Ranger machine ; Ranger's lunar objectives in doubt ; Supporting the flight operations ; Test flights and disappointments ; A new national goal ; The question of science and Ranger ; Lunar exploration begun ; Which way Ranger? ; In the cold light of dawn -- The new Ranger. Homestretch engineering ; Space science : a new era and hard times ; More missions for space? ; Six to the moon ; The world of times ; Ranger 7 : a crashing success ; Kudos and questions ; The Ranger legacy.
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Books Books Natural and Mathematical Sciences Library Collection General Collection Non-fiction TL789.8.U6 R35 2010 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) C.1 Available 1829677

"... Unabridged republication of the work originally published in the NASA history series (NASA SP-420), Washington, D.C., in 1977. A new introduction ... has been specially prepared for this edition"--T.p. verso.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

The original Ranger. The origins of Ranger ; Organizing the campaign ; Space science and the Ranger machine ; Ranger's lunar objectives in doubt ; Supporting the flight operations ; Test flights and disappointments ; A new national goal ; The question of science and Ranger ; Lunar exploration begun ; Which way Ranger? ; In the cold light of dawn -- The new Ranger. Homestretch engineering ; Space science : a new era and hard times ; More missions for space? ; Six to the moon ; The world of times ; Ranger 7 : a crashing success ; Kudos and questions ; The Ranger legacy.

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