Episode 17: The Ranger Program

To land on the moon, NASA needed to build a lunar lander. To build that lander, NASA needed to know what the lunar surface was like. To fulfill this need, NASA turned to the Ranger Program. Photos: https://www.spaceracehistorypodcast.com/post/episode-17-the-ranger-program

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Detailed history of the Space Race, from the International Geophysical Year and the launch of Sputnik to the Apollo Program and the moon landing. Visit the website at www.spaceracehistorypodcast.com Credit for background theme music to: Superepic by Alexander Nakarada | https://www.serpentsoundstudios.com Music promoted by https://www.chosic.com Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/