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Ranger 1 Launch

Rocket launching.
Source: NASA/Jet Propulsion Laboratory-Caltech
Published: August 23, 1961

Ranger 1 was intended to test new technologies that would take humankind to the Moon and other planets. These shots are from around launch time in August 1961.

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