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NASA Launches Ranger 3 Lunar Probe

NASA launched the Ranger 3 spacecraft toward the Moon; the mission suffered guidance and telemetry failures and missed its intended lunar impact, returning no scientific data.

NASA Launches Ranger 3 Lunar Probe

The mission's failure highlighted technical challenges facing the U.S. lunar program and prompted changes in engineering and management that influenced subsequent space efforts under the Kennedy administration.

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