Status
Partial Failure
Rocket
Mission Details
Ranger 3
Ranger 3 was a space exploration mission conducted by NASA to study the Moon. The Ranger 3 robotic spacecraft was launched on January 26, 1962, as part of the Ranger program. Due to a series of malfunctions, the spacecraft missed the Moon by 22,000 mi (35,000 km) and entered a heliocentric orbit.
Payloads: 1
Total Mass: 330.0 kg
Trans Lunar Injection
Location
LC-12, Cape Canaveral SFS, Florida, USA
Stats
1962
3rd orbital launch attempt
Atlas-Agena
12th mission
1st mission of 1962