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The Moon from Ranger-8: Mare Tranquillitatis (3)
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Caption NASA:"Last image taken by Ranger 8 camera-A from a distance of 4,2 Km, 2" before impact on 20 February 1965. The area shown is at 2,7° North Lat. and 24,55° East Long.; the image is about 1,4 Km across. The right side of the image is missing because Ranger 8 crashed before completing transmission. This area is about 60 Km away from the Apollo 11 Landing Site in the Sea of Tranquillity. These Ranger close-ups showed for the first time that even areas on the Moon which looked smooth from Earth were peppered with small impact craters. North is up (Ranger 8, A060)".
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