When NASA ran a Spacecraft into the Moon! NASA's Ranger Program

How did NASA catch up in the Space Race? When did the US first impact the Moon? How did NASA prepare for the Apollo landings? In this video, we focus on the Ranger Program, which was NASA's plan to get images of the lunar surface. At the beginning of the video, we cover James Webb, John F Kennedy, Wernher Von Braun, and their efforts to start NASA's Moon exploration programs. These programs, including NASA Ranger Program, would lead the way for the Apollo Program. Then we look at all the Ranger Missions. Ranger 1 and Ranger 2 were Earth orbit missions that both failed. Ranger 3, Ranger 4, and Ranger 5 were the second design, all of which tried to crash into the Moon or be a NASA Moon impactor, but again all three of them failed. The Ranger spacecraft design then changed to include redundant systems since the Ranger Program wasn't working as intended. Ranger 6 was the first of the new design and also failed. Following Ranger 6, the last three missions, Ranger 7, Ranger 8 and Ranger 9 were all successful. We look at some of the images received from these missions, and what it meant for the upcoming Apollo program. If you'd like to learn More about the topics discussed in this video, check the following links! List of NASA Missions: https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/missions/ Ranger Missions: https://science.nasa.gov/missions/ranger If you have any questions about the Moon, Lunar exploration, or the future of space exploration, let me know in the comments below! Thanks for watching! And consider subscribing if you enjoyed this video! Click here to Subscribe: https://tinyurl.com/yc8c8qxp Twitter:   / wolf_martian   Facebook: https://fb.me/MartianWolf Patreon:   / martianwolf   Heading Home by Nekzlo @nekzlo Music provided by Free Music for Vlogs    • (Free Music for Vlogs) Nekzlo - Heading Home   ------------------------------ • Contact the artist: @nekzlo www.instagram.com/nekzlo/ twitter.com/Nekzlo_Music open.spotify.com/artist/75LSn0DiQyH6LnHBT8fOEK ------------------------------ #Ranger #Moon