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The staging jolt turned on the cameras two minutes too soon
A spacecraft bound for the Moon lost its cameras two minutes after launch - did the staging jolt destroy NASA’s camera before the Sea of Tranquility?
The staging jolt turned on the cameras two minutes too soon
In this episode, we follow the final hours and technical decisions behind Ranger six’s flight to the Moon, from program-wide failures to painstaking hardware rework, and the surprising anomaly that left its cameras silent. What exactly happened during that violent staging event, and how did telemetry hide the real damage?
Person: Albert J. Kelley
Date: February 2, 1964
Location: Sea of…
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