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42-Ranger8.jpgImpact of Ranger 8: the last images65 visiteCaption NASA originale:"Final pictures taken by the Ranger 8 P-camera about 1/2 second before impact. Impact occurred on 20 February 1965 at 9:57:36.256 UT. The images are ordered (clockwise from upper left) P3, P4, P2, P1. Impact occurred before transmission of the image P4 was complete, hence the static over most of the image. The areas shown are in Mare Tranquillitatus (Sea of Tranquillity) about 60 km north of the Apollo 11 landing site. Image P3 was taken 0,489 seconds before impact, from a distance of 1,09 Km. The image is about 140 meters across. Image P1 was taken 0,689 seconds before impact from 1,52 Km and is 60 meters across. Image P2 was taken 0,289 seconds prior to impact from 640 meters. The frame is 30 meters across. North is up on all images (Ranger 8, P020)".
Notate la straordinaria somiglianza fra questi ultimi frames prima dell'impatto della Sonda Ranger 8 sulla Luna e gli ultimi frames prima dell'impatto della Sonda NEAR-Shoemaker sull'Asteroide Eros!Gen 24, 2005
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41-Ranger8.jpgMare Tranquillitatis57 visiteCaption NASA originale:"Ranger 8 camera B image of the Moon about 5 seconds before impact. Ranger 8 impact took place on 20 February 1965 at 9:57:37 UT. This picture was taken from a distance of 11 Km. The area is in the Sea of Tranquillity about 2° north of the Apollo 11 landing site. The frame is about 2 Km across and North is up. Features as small as 4 meters across can be seen (Ranger 8, B090)".
Location & Time Information
Date/Time (UT): 1965-02-20 T 09:57:32
Distance/Range (km): 10.98
Central Latitude/Longitude (deg): +02.68, 024.57 E
Orbit(s): Impact - Hard LandingGen 24, 2005
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40-Ranger8.jpgMare Tranquillitatis and Sabine Crater65 visiteCaption NASA originale:"Ranger 8 image of the Mare Tranquillitatis (Sea of Tranquillity) area of the Moon taken from 511 Km about 4 minutes before surface impact. The 30 Km diameter Sabine crater is at upper left. Note the two linear features at the center of the frame and rugged region at the bottom. The frame is about 95 Km across and North is up. The Apollo 11 landing site is about 30 Km to the right of this area (Ranger 8, B045)".
Location & Time Information
Date/Time (UT): 1965-02-20 T 09:53:42
Distance/Range (km): 511.27
Central Latitude/Longitude (deg): +00.38, 021.03 E
Orbit(s): Impact - Hard LandingGen 24, 2005
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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 LandingGen 24, 2005
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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 LandingGen 24, 2005
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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/AGen 24, 2005
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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 LandingGen 24, 2005
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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 LandingGen 24, 2005
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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)".Gen 24, 2005
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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 LandingGen 24, 2005
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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)".Gen 24, 2005
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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 LandingGen 24, 2005
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