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Impactor · Lander

Ranger 3

Failure Unknown

Milestones

26 Jan 1962 Launch Beyond Earth: A Chronicle of Deep Space Exploration, 1958–2016 (NASA SP-2018-4041)

Operator: NASA
Launch: 26 Jan 1962
Programme: Ranger
COSPAR: 1962-001A

Further reading

Wikipedia ↗
NSSDCA ↗
Wikidata ↗

Sources

Beyond Earth: A Chronicle of Deep Space Exploration, 1958–2016 (NASA SP-2018-4041)Table 1, no. 25 (launch, outcome)
WikidataQ609623 (identifiers, Wikipedia links)
Beyond Earth: A Chronicle of Deep Space Exploration, 1958–2016 (NASA SP-2018-4041)no. 25, Results: missed the Moon by 36,793 km, "eventually entered heliocentric orbit"; no loss or destruction stated (status)

Checked on 2026-10-04

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