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§ Historical recordRanger 4 spacecraft
Spacecraft failed before impact; first U.S. object to strike the Moon.
- Era
- A (1959-1976)
- Parent mission
- Ranger 4
- Role
- impactor spacecraft
- Operator
- NASA / JPL
- Nation
- USA
- Launched (UTC)
- 1962-04-23
- Reached Moon (UTC)
- 1962-04-26
- Event type
- impactor
- Outcome
- failure
- Site
- Lunar farside impact; exact coords not_found_yet
- Left on surface
- none
- Returned material
- none
- Current status
- crashed/on lunar surface
- Operational status (derived)
- inactive
- Source grade
- primary
- Review note
- Impact coordinates need primary confirmation.
Primary source