RANGER 2 (launched on November 18, 1961): set of 5 photos. - Lot 46

RANGER 2 (launched on November 18, 1961): set of 5 photos. -2 photos of the Ranger 2 probe: -1 photo of the aerodynamic fairing that technicians are carefully lowering onto the probe (vintage silver gelatin print from JPL, 20.5 cm x 25.5 cm, numbered 314-5041b). -1 NASA photo of technicians completing the assembly of Ranger 2 (captioned on the back, No. 61-RangerII-2). -3 unnumbered and uncaptioned drawings from a series similar to the previous Lot 1 but of Ranger 2. The Ranger program was designed to take precise photographs of the Moon and gather information on the composition of the lunar surface. Nine Ranger probes were launched aboard an Atlas-Agena B rocket between August 23, 1961, and March 24, 1965. They were produced by JPL, the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (California). After several failures with Ranger 1 through Ranger 6, the program became a success starting with Ranger 7. All photos are vintage black-and-white silver gelatin prints, measuring 20.5 x 25.5 cm, sourced either from JPL (Jet Propulsion Laboratory) or from NASA.