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land a spacecraft on the moon (Ranger 3 was NASA's first attempt on January 26, 1962, to land a spacecraft on the moon. The official NASA story is that Ranger 3 suffered "a series of malfunctions, principally with the spacecraft's guidance system that sent the spacecraft hurtling past the moon at much higher speeds than planned."  coasttocoastam.com ART Vancouver) | |||