Ranger 8
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Ranger 8 was a lunar probe in the Ranger program, a robotic spacecraft series launched by NASA in the early-to-mid-1960s to obtain the first close-up images of the Moon's surface. These pictures helpe
Ranger 8
Launch of Ranger 8 by an Atlas-Agena rocket (Atlas 196D)
Image of the Moon from 302 km, two and a half minutes before impact, showing the craters Ritter and Sabine.
Image of the Moon from 11 km, 5 seconds before impact, showing features as small as 4 meters.
Ranger 6
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Ranger 6 was a lunar probe in the NASA Ranger program, a series of robotic spacecraft of the early and mid-1960s to obtain close-up images of the Moon's surface. It was launched on January 30, 1964 an
Ranger 6 in the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, California.
Launch of Ranger 6.
The television cameras of the spacecraft Ranger 6.