Space Rocket History #32 – Ranger-4, Ariel-1, and Telstar-1

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English - December 14, 2017 22:16 - 28 minutes - 13 MB - ★★★★★ - 123 ratings
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As part of the pre-Apollo preparations, NASA created the Ranger series of missions to take high-quality pictures of the Moon and transmit them back to Earth in real time…