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ra8_a060.jpgThe Moon from Ranger-8: Mare Tranquillitatis (3)59 visiteCaption 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)".MareKromium

ra8_a030.jpgThe Moon from Ranger-8: Mare Tranquillitatis (2) - HR59 visitenessun commentoMareKromium

ra8_p020.jpgThe Moon from Ranger-8: Mare Tranquillitatis (9)59 visiteCaption NASA:"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" before impact, from a distance of 1,09 Km. The image is about 140 mt across. Image P1 was taken 0,689" before impact from 1,52 Km and is 60 mt across. Image P2 was taken 0,289" prior to impact from 640 mt. The frame is 30 mt across. North is up on all images. (Ranger 8, P020)".MareKromium

ra9_b087.jpgThe Moon from Ranger-9: Alphonsus Crater (6)59 visiteCaption NASA:"Final full frame taken by the Ranger 9 B-camera before impact. The image was taken from 15,4 Km about 5,5" before impact. The image, taken on 20 February 1965, shows the floor of Alphonsus Crater and is centered at 12,8 South Lat. and 2,3 West Long.. The frame is about 2,5 Km across and North is at 12:30. Ranger 9 was the last of the Ranger series of impact missions to the Moon (Ranger 9, B087)".MareKromium

ra9_b001.jpgThe Moon from Ranger-9: Alphonsus Crater (4)59 visiteCaption NASA:"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)".MareKromium

ra9_a060.jpgThe Moon from Ranger-9: Alphonsus Crater (2)59 visiteCaption NASA:"Ranger 9 image taken 54 seconds before impact. The upraised area at lower center is the central peak of Alphonsus Crater floor. This image was taken from a distance of 136 Km.
The impact point of Ranger 9 is to the right of the central reticle, about 60% of the way from the central reticle to the edge of the frame.
The image is 60 Km across and North is at 12:30 (Ranger 9, A060)".MareKromium

ra9_p006.jpgThe Moon from Ranger-9: Alphonsus Crater (8)59 visiteCaption NASA:"These four images of the floor of Alphonsus Crater were taken on 24 March 1965 about 5 seconds before Ranger 9 impacted on the Surface.
The pictures were taken by the four P-series cameras, and are (clockwise from upper left) P3, P4, P2, P1. The P3 image was taken from 14.3 km and is about 1.6 km across. The P4 image is 1,5 Km across, taken at a distance of 13,1 Km. P2, taken from 13,6 Km, is 540 meters across and P1, from 14,7 Km, is 580 mt.
North is at 1:00 for all four images (Ranger 9, P006)".MareKromium