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| Ranger had only 2 goals: hit the moon and photograph it on the way down. Three years and 7 tries later, Ranger 7 finally did both objectives. Now all that is left of the rangers on the moon is the craters they made on impact. Worthy of a future visit, I think. |
| Ranger 3, 4, and 5 can be identified by the balsa wood sphere on its top. The ball housed a seismometer and would have recorded moonquakes. |
| Rangers 6, 7, 8, 9 all had the same simplified design. Science instruments on previous Rangers were removed to focus on the primary goal. |
| Surveyor's goal was to soft land on the moon. The Russians beat Surveyor to the moon by 4 months. The surveyors returned pictures and scraped the soil with a mechanical scoop. Note undeployed landing gear near picture of Apollo 12 astronaut. He is Charles Conrad and is standing on the moon next to Surveyor 3. |