Before the Moon and Walking on the Moon (partially edited)
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29-Farside-Luna3.jpgThe Far-Side of the Moon from "Luna 3" (the best picture)54 visiteCaption NASA originale:"This view shows the far side at right and the near side making up about one-third of the image at left. The circular dark patch below and left of center is mare Smythii, on the boundary between the near and far sides. Just above this is Mare Marginus. The dark circle at upper right is Mare Moscoviense and at lower right is the crater Tsiolkovskiy with its light central peak. The image is centered at 10° N, 110° E; North is at 11:30 (Luna 3-phc7)".
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29-G-Surveyor6_full.jpgSurveyor 6 - Panorama134 visiteOriginal caption:"This panorama of the cratered lunar surface was constructed from images returned by the US Surveyor 6 lander.
Surveyor 6 was not the first spacecraft to accomplish a soft landing on the Moon ... but it was the first to land and then lift off again! After the spacecraft touched down near the center of the Moon's nearside in November of 1967, NASA controllers commanded it to hop. Briefly firing its rocket engine and lifting itself some 4 mt above the surface, the Surveyor moved about 2,5 meters to one side before setting down again. The hopping success of Surveyor 6 essentially marked the completion of the Surveyor series main mission - to determine if the lunar terrain was safe for the planned Apollo landings".
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30-Tycho-S7.jpgTycho Crater from Surveyor 7 Lander135 visiteCaption NASA originale:"Surveyor 7 mosaic of the rim area of Tycho from the highland region, north of the Crater. Surveyor 7 landed 10 January 1969 at 40.88° S, 11.45° W and took about 21.000 photos over a month, some of which were used to make up this mosaic. The block in the foreground is about half a meter across and the crater is about 1,5 meters in diameter. The hills on the horizon are about 13 Km away (Surveyor 7, 68-H-40)".
Location & Time Information
Date/Time (UT): 1968-01
Distance/Range (km): 0,001
Central Latitude/Longitude (deg): -40.88,348.55 E
Orbit(s): Lander
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31-Ranger7.jpgMare Nubium: Alphonsus, Ptolemaeus and Arzachel Crater from Ranger 755 visiteCaption NASA originale:"Ranger 7 took this image, the first picture of the Moon by a U.S. spacecraft, on 31 July 1964 at 13:09 UT (9:09 AM EDT) about 17 minutes before impacting the Lunar Surface. The area photographed is centered at 13° S, 10° W and covers about 360 Km from top to bottom. The large crater at center right is the 108 Km diameter Alphonsus. Above it is Ptolemaeus and below it Arzachel. The terminator is at the bottom right corner. Mare Nubium is at center and left. North is at about 11:00 at the center of the frame. The Ranger 7 impact site is off the frame, to the left of the upper left corner (Ranger 7, B001)".
Location & Time Information
Date/Time (UT): 1964-07-31 T 13:08:44.90
Distance/Range (km): 2445.97
Central Latitude/Longitude (deg): -13.09,350.37
Orbit(s): Impact - Hard Landing
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32-Ranger7.jpgMare Nubium, Mare Cognitum and Mare Humorum54 visiteCaption NASA originale:"Second image of the Moon taken by the Ranger 7 spacecraft on 31 July 1964. Ranger 7 was the first U.S. spacecraft to successfully transmit images of the Lunar Surface back to Earth. This image was taken 17,2 minutes before impact from a distance of 2158 km. North is at 12:30. Mare Nubium is at lower right and Mare Humorum at lower left. The image is centered at 13° S, 330° E and is about 950 Km across. The Ranger 7 impact site, at 10.7° S, 339.3° E, is at the center of the upper right quadrant, in Mare Cognitum. Landsberg Crater is against the top of the frame at center, and the 60 Km diameter Bullialdus Crater is just below and right of center, partly obscured by a hash mark (Ranger 7, A001)".
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33-Ranger7.jpgGuericke Crater55 visiteCaption NASA originale:"Ranger 7 B-camera image of Guericke Crater (11.5° S, 14.1° W, diameter 63 Km) taken from a distance of 1335 Km. The dark flat floor of Mare Nubium dominates most of the image, which was taken 8,5 minutes before Ranger 7 impacted the Moon on 31 July 1964. The frame is about 230 Km across and north is at 12:30. The impact site is off the frame to the left (Ranger 7, B100)".
Location & Time Information
Date/Time (UT): 1964-07-31 T 13:17:12
Distance/Range (km): 1335.44
Central Latitude/Longitude (deg): -12.60, 013.79 W
Orbit(s): Impact - Hard Landing
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34-Ranger7.jpgMare Nubium and Fra Mauro Area (Apollo 14 Landing Site)55 visiteCaption NASA originale"Ranger 7 image of Mare Nubium taken 8,5 minutes before impact from 1170 Km. 60 Km diameter Bullialdus Crater is at bottom center and 43 Km Lubiniezky is just above it to the left. The small crater below and right of the central reticle is Darney. The Fra Mauro region is in the upper right corner and Montes Riphaeus are the white arc near the top center of the image. The impact point is midway between the reticle right of the center and the one above it. North is up (Ranger 7, A100)".
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35-Ranger7.jpgThe "floor" of Mare Nubium55 visiteCaption NASA originale:"Ranger 7 camera-B image taken 5 seconds before impact on 31 July 1964. The image was taken from a distance of 14,71 Km and shows the floor of Mare Nubium. The frame is about 2,8 Km across and shows features as small as approximately 5 meters. The impact site is off this image to the upper left (Ranger 7, B200)".
Location & Time Information
Date/Time (UT): 1964-07-31 T 13:25:43.75
Distance/Range (km): 14.71
Central Latitude/Longitude (deg): -10.66, 020.57 W
Orbit(s): Impact - Hard Landing
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36-Ranger7.jpgThe "floor" of Mare Nubium54 visiteCaption NASA originale:"Final image taken by Ranger 7 camera A before impact at 10.59 S°, 20.68° W. This image was taken from a distance of 6,5 Km only 2,5 seconds before impact. The frame is about 2,7 Km across and north is up. The impact point is just above and right of the central reticle. At this high resolution (about 5 meters) the flat floor of Mare Nubium was shown to be peppered with small impact craters (Ranger 7, A199)".
Location & Time Information
Date/Time (UT): 1964-07-31 T 13:25:46
Distance/Range (km): 6.46
Central Latitude/Longitude (deg): -10.60, 020.69 W
Orbit(s): Impact - Hard Landing
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37-Ranger7.jpgMare Nubium: the impact of Ranger 758 visiteCaption NASA originale:"The final two images taken by Ranger 7 before its impact on the Moon's Surface. These image were taken by the number 1 and 3 P-channel cameras at 0.39 and 0.19 seconds before impact from an altitude of 1070 and 519 meters, respectively. The pictures are cut off because the spacecraft impacted the surface before completing the transmission. The top image was taken by the P3 camera and the bottom image by P1. The P3 image is about 25 m across. North is at 12:30 for both images. The impact occurred on 31 July 1964 at 13:25:48.82 UT (Ranger 7, CP1002)".
Location & Time Information
Date/Time (UT): 1964-07-31 T 13:25:48
Distance/Range (km): 0.519
Central Latitude/Longitude (deg): -10.7, 339.3 E
Orbit(s): N/A
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38-Ranger8.jpgCampanus, Mercator and Gassendi Crater in Mare Cognitum62 visiteCaption NASA originale:"First full-frame image of the Moon taken by the Ranger 8 camera A from a distance of 2.573 km. The image was taken on 20 Feb. 1965 at 09:34 UT with the spacecraft at an altitude of 2510 Km. The central reticle is at 10.65° South Latitude, 22.4° West Longitude, in the Mare Cognitum area of the Moon. North is up and the picture extends 1200 Km across, from about 5° N to 30° S Latitude and from 5° W to 45° W Longitude. The craters Campanus and Mercator are visible at the bottom center. Gassandi crater (101 Km diameter) is the bright circle near the edge of the frame at 8:00. The Apollo 12 landing site is near top center and Apollo 14 slightly to the right of that (Ranger 8, A001)".
Location & Time Information
Date/Time (UT): 1965-02-20 T 09:34:32
Distance/Range (km): 2573.72
Central Latitude/Longitude (deg): -10.65, 22.42 W
Orbit(s): Impact - Hard Landing
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39-Ranger8.jpgRitter and Sabine Crater, from Ranger 855 visiteCaption NASA originale:"Ranger 8 image of the Moon from 302 km. The image was taken on 20 February 1965 and 9:55 UT, two and a half minutes before the spacecraft impacted on the Lunar Surface. The two large craters at upper center are Ritter (above left) and Sabine, each about 30 Km in diameter. The Apollo 11 landing site is just off the right edge of the image at about 4:00. The image is about 130 Km across and north is up (Ranger 8, A030)".
Location & Time Information
Date/Time (UT): 1965-02-20 T 09:55:01
Distance/Range (km): 302.39
Central Latitude/Longitude (deg): +01.22, 019.51 E
Orbit(s): Impact - Hard Landing
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