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§ Historical recordRanger 5 spacecraft
Spacecraft power failure; missed the Moon and entered heliocentric orbit.
- Era
- A (1959-1976)
- Parent mission
- Ranger 5
- Role
- intended impactor
- Operator
- NASA / JPL
- Nation
- USA
- Launched (UTC)
- 1962-10-18
- Reached Moon (UTC)
- 1962-10-21
- Event type
- flyby/impactor
- Outcome
- failure
- Site
- Missed Moon / flyby
- Left on surface
- none
- Returned material
- none
- Current status
- departed to heliocentric orbit
- Operational status (derived)
- failed
- Source grade
- primary
- Review note
- review:medium
Primary source