Scrapbook 1: Jan 1962 — Ranger 3

THE BLAST-OFF

Off goes Ranger Three from Pad Twelve . . soaring into Space on top of the 100ft.-long twin-rocket.

A technician checking the American Ranger III spacecraft which was launched from Cape Canaveral, Florida, yesterday to take pictures of the surface of the moon.

LEFT: The launching vehicle, an Atlas booster rocket with an Agena B second stage, rising from its pad at Cape Canaveral.

BIGHEAD: The Ranger spacecraft (below) and its planned course (above). The white sphere is the moon-landing capsule. The “wings” are solar panels to use power from the sun.

AFTER PARTIALLY ORBITING EARTH CAPSULE SETS COURSE TO MOON

239,000 MILES

TV CAMERA ON BOARD FOR CLOSE-UP PICTURES OF MOON

INSTRUMENTS SPHERE LANDS TO SEND BACK MOON RECORDINGS

JET PROPULSION LABORATORY “RANGER” SPACECRAFT WITH AERONUTRONIC LUNAR CAPSULE

LUNAR CAPSULE LANDING SPHERE

SOLAR PANELS

CAPSULE SUPPORT STRUCTURE

OMNIDIRECTIONAL TELEMETERING ANTENNA

ALTIMETER WITH ANTENNA

GAMMA RAY SPECTROMETER

RETROROCKET

MID-COURSE PROPULSION AND CONTROL

HIGH-GAIN COMMUNICATIONS ANTENNA