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The Nome Nugget
Nome, Nome County, Alaska
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NASA associate administrator Dr. Robert C. Seaman Jr. announces in Pasadena, Calif., on Tuesday the ordering of four more $20-million Ranger spacecraft for Moon TV exploration, raising total to nine, built by Caltech's JPL, with first launched Aug. 23, aiming for Moon landing by 1970.
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Four Ranger Spacecraft
PASADENA, Calif. (P) -- A U.S.
Space Agency official says four
more Ranger spacecraft have been
ordered for close-up television exploration of the Moon.
Dr. Robert C. Seaman Jr., associate administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, said Tuesday that addition of the four $20-million craft will hike the total program to nine spacecraft. Cal Tech's Jet Propulsion Laboratory builds them.
The first of the Rangers was launched Aug. 23. Seaman said that the acceleration of the Ranger program is generally designed to land an American on the Moon by 1970.
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Pasadena, Calif.
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Tuesday
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addition of the four $20-million craft will hike the total program to nine spacecraft
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A U.S. Space Agency official says four more Ranger spacecraft have been ordered for close-up television exploration of the Moon. Dr. Robert C. Seaman Jr., associate administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, said Tuesday that addition of the four $20-million craft will hike the total program to nine spacecraft. Cal Tech's Jet Propulsion Laboratory builds them. The first of the Rangers was launched Aug. 23. Seaman said that the acceleration of the Ranger program is generally designed to land an American on the Moon by 1970.