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Collection Creator:

National Air and Space Museum. Archives Division.  Search this

Type:

Archival materials

Collection Restrictions:

The majority of the Archives Department's public reference requests can be answered using material in these files, which may be accessed through the Reading Room at the Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center in Chantilly, Virginia. More specific information can be requested by contacting the Archives Research Request.

Identifier:

NASM.XXXX.1183.O, File OA-104550-01

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National Air and Space Museum Technical Reference Files: Space History

National Air and Space Museum Technical Reference Files: Space History / Series O: Space History / Agena

Archival Repository:

National Air and Space Museum Archives

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https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/pg259c5ec04-fa9a-4902-963c-a4e2af076c0e

EDAN-URL:

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Collection Creator:

National Air and Space Museum. Archives Division.  Search this

Type:

Archival materials

Collection Restrictions:

The majority of the Archives Department's public reference requests can be answered using material in these files, which may be accessed through the Reading Room at the Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center in Chantilly, Virginia. More specific information can be requested by contacting the Archives Research Request.

Identifier:

NASM.XXXX.1183.O, File OA-104550-02

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National Air and Space Museum Technical Reference Files: Space History

National Air and Space Museum Technical Reference Files: Space History / Series O: Space History / Agena

Archival Repository:

National Air and Space Museum Archives

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/pg29c8bb51a-c40a-447a-8063-8d3b9c5194f3

EDAN-URL:

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Collection Creator:

National Air and Space Museum. Archives Division.  Search this

Type:

Archival materials

Collection Restrictions:

The majority of the Archives Department's public reference requests can be answered using material in these files, which may be accessed through the Reading Room at the Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center in Chantilly, Virginia. More specific information can be requested by contacting the Archives Research Request.

Identifier:

NASM.XXXX.1183.O, File OA-104550-03

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National Air and Space Museum Technical Reference Files: Space History

National Air and Space Museum Technical Reference Files: Space History / Series O: Space History / Agena

Archival Repository:

National Air and Space Museum Archives

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/pg270999b4a-d7f6-4574-9f6a-a55857d1238c

EDAN-URL:

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Collection Creator:

National Air and Space Museum. Archives Division.  Search this

Type:

Archival materials

Collection Restrictions:

The majority of the Archives Department's public reference requests can be answered using material in these files, which may be accessed through the Reading Room at the Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center in Chantilly, Virginia. More specific information can be requested by contacting the Archives Research Request.

Identifier:

NASM.XXXX.1183.O, File OA-104550-04

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National Air and Space Museum Technical Reference Files: Space History

National Air and Space Museum Technical Reference Files: Space History / Series O: Space History / Agena

Archival Repository:

National Air and Space Museum Archives

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/pg26f7d1b2d-20ec-48a1-94bf-627ab9aff39d

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-nasm-xxxx-1183-o-ref324

Collection Creator:

National Air and Space Museum. Archives Division.  Search this

Type:

Archival materials

Collection Restrictions:

The majority of the Archives Department's public reference requests can be answered using material in these files, which may be accessed through the Reading Room at the Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center in Chantilly, Virginia. More specific information can be requested by contacting the Archives Research Request.

Identifier:

NASM.XXXX.1183.O, File OA-104550-05

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National Air and Space Museum Technical Reference Files: Space History

National Air and Space Museum Technical Reference Files: Space History / Series O: Space History / Agena

Archival Repository:

National Air and Space Museum Archives

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/pg2ae1dd4c9-632f-45b7-b25f-fc2fe335a79b

EDAN-URL:

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Collection Creator:

National Air and Space Museum. Archives Division.  Search this

Type:

Archival materials

Collection Restrictions:

The majority of the Archives Department's public reference requests can be answered using material in these files, which may be accessed through the Reading Room at the Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center in Chantilly, Virginia. More specific information can be requested by contacting the Archives Research Request.

Identifier:

NASM.XXXX.1183.O, File OA-104550-90

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National Air and Space Museum Technical Reference Files: Space History

National Air and Space Museum Technical Reference Files: Space History / Series O: Space History / Agena

Archival Repository:

National Air and Space Museum Archives

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/pg22956cf2c-dee1-476d-b795-6699f5e87b30

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-nasm-xxxx-1183-o-ref330

Collection Creator:

National Air and Space Museum. Archives Division.  Search this

Type:

Archival materials

Collection Restrictions:

The majority of the Archives Department's public reference requests can be answered using material in these files, which may be accessed through the Reading Room at the Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center in Chantilly, Virginia. More specific information can be requested by contacting the Archives Research Request.

Identifier:

NASM.XXXX.1183.O, File OA-104552-01

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National Air and Space Museum Technical Reference Files: Space History

National Air and Space Museum Technical Reference Files: Space History / Series O: Space History / Agena

Archival Repository:

National Air and Space Museum Archives

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/pg2cc555e43-b3fc-42fe-b030-cdc14ddea3e5

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-nasm-xxxx-1183-o-ref333

Extent:

0.36 Cubic feet ((1 box))

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Publications

Photographs

Press releases

Place:

Outer space -- Exploration

Moon -- Exploration

Date:

bulk 1960-1966

Scope and Contents:

This collection consists of material relating to the Agena Rocket Vehicles portion of the Ranger Program gathered by John Campbell, former Lockheed Missiles and Space employee, 1960-1966. The following types of material are included: a Lockheed internal publication and memos; eight by ten inch, mostly black and white, Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) and NASA photos; name badges; newspaper articles, JPL press releases; Cape Canaveral Instrumentation Facilities maps; and a CD containing scans of some of the documents.

Biographical / Historical:

The Ranger spacecraft gave scientists their first close look at the lunar surface. Nine Rangers were launched from 1961 through 1965. The first six attempts failed, but beginning in July 1964, Rangers 7, 8, and 9 successfully completed their 65-hour journeys to the Moon, transmitting television pictures of the lunar surface during the final minutes until their impact there. These pictures revealed details that could not be seen through telescopes on Earth. Each Ranger spacecraft had six cameras on board. The cameras were fundamentally the same with differences in exposure times, fields of view, lenses, and scan rates. The images provided better resolution than was available from Earth-based views by a factor of 1,000. These highly detailed images aided Apollo planners in locating landing sites. The intermediate stage booster for Ranger was the Agena-B upper stage. Made by Lockheed, it was fitted on the Thor or Atlas-D launch vehicles that became known as the Thor-Agena and Atlas-Agena.

Provenance:

John Campbell, Gift, 2012

Restrictions:

No restrictions on access.

Rights:

Material is subject to Smithsonian Terms of Use. Should you wish to use NASM material in any medium, please submit an Application for Permission to Reproduce NASM Material, available at Permissions Requests

Topic:

Astronautics  Search this

Agena Rocket Vehicles  Search this

Ranger Lunar Probes  Search this

Genre/Form:

Publications

Photographs

Press releases

Citation:

Ranger Program / Agena Rocket Vehicles Collection, Accession 2013-0014, National Air and Space Museum, Smithsonian Institution.

Identifier:

NASM.2013.0014

Archival Repository:

National Air and Space Museum Archives

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/pg25973bc3e-a0dd-4da2-9d65-e96e879b082d

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-nasm-2013-0014