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 | | Ranger 1 was launched from Cape Canaveral, Florida, on August 23, 1961, followed by the launch of Ranger 2 on November 18 of that year. |
 | | Ranger 6 was launched January 30, 1964, and had a flawless flight culminating in impact as planned on the Moon; its television system, however, was disabled by an in-flight accident and could take no pictures. |
 | | Ranger 7 was launched July 28, 1964, and sent more than 4,300 pictures on its way down to target in a lunar plain, soon named Mare Cognitum, south of the crater Copernicus. |
| www.jpl.nasa.gov /missions/past/ranger.html (386 words) |
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