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Ranger 3 -
Spacecraft on the sci-fi series BUCK ROGERS IN
THE 25TH CENTURY/NBC/1979-81.
Ranger3 was a NASA spacecraft, the last of Earth's deep space probes,
piloted by astronaut Captain William "Buck"
Rogers (Gil Gerard). A freak accident froze the
ship's life support system and sent Ranger 3
into an elongated orbit that returned it back to
Earth 500 years later to a new world ruled by a
federation of nations whose capitol city was New
Chicago.
"In the year 1987, NASA launched the last of
America's deep space probes. Aboard this compact
starship a lone astronaut Captain William Buck
Rogers, was to experience cosmic forces beyond
all comprehension. In a freak mishap, his life
support systems were frozen by temperatures
beyond imagination. Ranger 3 was blown out of
its planned trajectory into an orbit a thousand
times more vast: an orbit which was to return
Buck Rogers to Earth five hundred years later."
- Opening Narration
The ship was initially rescued by the Draconian
Empire, whose beautiful but evil Princess Ardala
(Pamela Hensley) instantly got the hots for the
Terran, Buck Rogers who had been held in a state
of suspended animation. Despite the fact that
Buck hadn't been with a woman in over 500 years,
he still declined the advances of Ardala. What a
guy!
There were two models of Ranger 3 constructed
for the series. One in pristine condition seen
as Buck Rogers took off on his flight; and one
discolored model covered in space dirt to
indicate his long trip through space. See
also "Searcher"
and "Starfighter"
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