| Piú viste - Before the Moon and Walking on the Moon (partially edited) |
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 Landing
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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!
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25-Farside-Luna3.jpgThe Far-Side of the Moon from "Luna 3"64 visiteCaption NASA originale:"This is the second image returned by Luna 3, taken by the wide-angle lens, it showed the far side of the Moon was very different from the near side, most noticeably in its lack of lunar maria (the dark areas). The right three-quarters of the disk are the far side. The dark spot at upper right is Mare Moscoviense, the dark area at lower left is Mare Smythii. The small dark circle at lower right with the white dot in the center is the crater Tsiolkovskiy and its central peak. The Moon is 3475 Km in diameter and north is up in this image (Luna 3-2)".
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43-Ranger9.jpgMare Nubium panorama from Ranger 964 visiteCaption NASA originale:"The first Ranger 9 image of the Moon, taken with the A camera from a distance of 2378 Km. The image is centered on the Mare Nubium region of the Moon, which extends to the bottom of the image. At upper left is southeastern Oceanus Procellarum. The 2 craters with the central peaks at right are Alphonsus, diameter 108 Km and below it Arzachel, diameter 96 Km. The crater near the center at about 8:00 is 60 Km Bullialdus. The frame is approximately 1050 Km across and north is at 12:30. The final impact point of Ranger 9 is in the Alphonsus Crater, midway between the central peak and rim at about 1:30 (Ranger 9, A001)".
Location & Time Information
Date/Time (UT): 1965-03-24 T 13:49:41
Distance/Range (km): 2377.62
Central Latitude/Longitude (deg): -15.37, 018.68 W
Orbit(s): Impact - Hard Landing
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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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23-Farside-Luna3.jpgThe Moon from "Luna 3"60 visiteCaption NASA originale:"The Luna 3 spacecraft returned the first views ever of the far side of the Moon. The first image was taken at 03:30 UT on 7 October 1959 at a distance of 63.500 Km after Luna 3 had passed the Moon and looked back at the sunlit far side. The last image was taken 40 minutes later from 66.700 Km. A total of 29 photographs were taken, covering 70% of the far side. The photographs were very noisy and of low resolution, but many features could be recognized. This close up view taken with the narrow angle camera shows the far side has fewer maria (the dark areas) than the near side. The image is centered at 20° N, 95° E and the dark area to the left and just below center is Mare Marginus and below that Mare Smythii, just at the boundary between the near and far sides. The left half of the image shows the near side of the Moon, including the circular Mare Crisium at far left (Luna 3-26)".
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45-Ranger9.jpgThe rim of Alphonsus and Ptolemaeus Crater60 visiteCaption NASA originale:"Ranger 9 camera B image of the northeast rim of Alphonsus Crater at left and southern rim of Ptolemaeus crater at the top. The image was taken from 700 Km distance about 4,5 minutes before impact in Alphonsus Crater. The intersecting crater rims exhibit a chaotic, mountainous terrain, in sharp contrast to the flat crater floors. The frame is approximately 120 Km across and North is at 12:30. The image is centered at 12° S, 1° W (Ranger 9, B035)".
Location & Time Information
Date/Time (UT): 1965-02-20 T 14:03:48
Distance/Range (km): 703.10
Central Latitude/Longitude (deg): -12.02, 000.76 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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28-Farside-Luna3.jpgThe Far-Side of the Moon from "Luna 3"57 visiteCaption NASA originale:"This wide-angle view shows the far side of the Moon, comprising most of the image, with the near side making up about one-quarter of the disk at left. The dark patch at upper right is Mare Moscoviense and the dark areas at below and left of center are Mare Marginus and Mare Smythii. These are on the border between the near and far sides. The small dark circle at lower right is the crater Tsiolkovskiy. The image is centered at 15° N, 120° E; North is at 11:30 (Luna 3-phc6)".
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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 Landing
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44-Ranger9.jpgPtolemaeus, Alphonsus and Albategnius Crater57 visiteCaption NASA originale:"Ranger 9 B-camera image from 2500 km showing Ptolemaeus, Alphonsus, and Albategnius craters. Ptolemaeus is the large (164 Km diameter) flat-floored crater at the top. Alphonsus, diameter 108 Km, is at lower left and the 114 Km Albategnius crater is at lower right. The terminator runs through the lower corner. Ranger 9 impacted in Alphonsus Crater 18,5 minutes after this image was taken. North is at 12:30 (Ranger 9, B001)".
Location & Time Information
Date/Time (UT): 1965-03-24 T 13:49:43
Distance/Range (km): 2521.74
Central Latitude/Longitude (deg): -09.52, 000.26 E
Orbit(s): Impact - Hard Landing
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24-Farside-Luna3.jpgThe Far-Side of the Moon from "Luna 3"56 visiteCaption NASA originale:"The Luna 3 spacecraft returned the first views ever of the far side of the Moon. The first image was taken at 03:30 UT on 7 October at a distance of 63,500 km after Luna 3 had passed the Moon and looked back at the sunlit far side. The last image was taken 40 minutes later from 66,700 km. A total of 29 photographs were taken, covering 70% of the far side. The photographs were very noisy and of low resolution, but many features could be recognized. This close up view taken with the narrow angle camera shows the far side has fewer maria (the dark areas) than the near side. The image is centered at 20 N, 95 E and the dark area to the left and just below center is Mare Marginus and below that Mare Smythii, just at the boundary between the near and far sides. The left half of the image shows the near side of the Moon, including the circular Mare Crisium at far left. The Moon is 3475 km in diameter and north is up (Luna 3-27)".
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