Ranger 5 Mission
Launch Status
Success
Date & Time
18 Oct 1962, 4:59pm
UTC
Pad
Launch Complex 12
Launch Service Provider
Vehicle
Mission
Ranger 5
Mission Type
Lunar Exploration
Destination
Lunar Impactor
Lunar impactor which missed the Moon by 725 km due to an unknown malfunction preventing the spacecraft from receiving power after injection into lunar trajectory.
Updated: Jan 3, 7:53pm UTC
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