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Blue Origin’s New Glenn Rocket Go for Launch!
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NASA’s ESCAPADE (Escape and Plasma Acceleration Dynamics Explorers) mission to Mars is just minutes away from launch, with its twin…
Nov 13, 2025
Blog
Lunar Ranger and Surveyor Programs
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The Ranger and Surveyor projects of the 1960s were among the first U.S. efforts to explore another body in space:…
Sep 11, 2023
Mission
Earth May Have Captured a 1960s-Era Rocket Booster
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In 1966, NASA launched Surveyor 2 to the Moon. Now its rocket booster has apparently returned to near-Earth space. Earth…
Nov 12, 2020
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NASA Facts: Rangers and Surveyors to the Moon
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The Ranger and Surveyor projects of the 1960s were the first U.S. efforts to explore the Moon.
Feb 12, 2019
Surveyor Model SD-1
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A premature engine shutdown caused this U.S. practice Moon mission fall back to the launch pad and explode.
Dec 27, 2017
Mission
Surveyor Model 2
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A thrust imbalance prevented this early spaceflight test from achieving its simulated Moon mission.
Dec 27, 2017
Mission
Surveyor Model 1
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This second U.S. practice run at a Moon landing went off without a hitch.
Dec 27, 2017
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