Ranger to the moon.
Series: A Signet science library book,; P2668
Publisher: New American Library
Published: 1965
Place of publication: [New York]
Language: eng
Number of pages: 127
Subjects: Project Ranger.; Moon.
First sentence: A few years from now a manned spacecraft will be purposefully drifting through space along a trajectory carefully calculated to reach the only natural satellite of earth.
Description: The fascinating story behind the history-making flight of the American rocket Ranger VII -- what science has learned about the moon's topography, orbit, origins -- the scientific facts revealed by actual close-up investigation. Also given is a second by second countdown of the historic flight of Ranger VII and a chronology of the U.S. and Soviet attempts to reach the moon.
Notes: Bibliography: p. 126-127.