| Piú votate - Before the Moon and Walking on the Moon (partially edited) |
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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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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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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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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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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APOLLO 8 AS 08-18-2867 ANOMALY.jpgAS 08-18-2867 - A streak in the Sky: another Star-like object?95 visiteQuesto star-like obejct è più una "striscia" che un "punto": lo potete vedere sulla Vostra Dx, circa a mezza altezza dell'immagine.
Il materiale in nostro possesso è costituito solo da questa fotografia la quale, ancorchè bella (e chiara!), non è da sola sufficiente a fornirci adeguati supporti argomentativi. Non sembra uno star-like object analogo ai tanti sino ad ora incontrati, ma in tutta onestà noi non ci sentiamo di avanzare ipotesi circa la sua possibile origine.
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APOLLO 8 AS 08-13-2271.jpgAS 08-13-2271 - Star-like Objects over the Moon's horizon119 visiteAncora un'immagine relativa ad uno dei passaggi orbitali dell'Apollo 8 intorno alla Luna. Molto bello il dettaglio del cratere all'orizzonte (le cui pareti mostrano un'albedo superiore al resto del panorama) e delle montagne in primo piano. La fotografia dovrebbe essere stata scattata da un'altezza di circa 300 Km dalla superficie Lunare.
Si possono intravedere 3 star-like objects, sospesi nel cielo. In questo specifico frangente non ci sentiamo di escludere che si tratti di difetti dell'immagine.
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APOLLO 8 AS 08-12-2198.jpgAS 08-12-2198 - The Moon from orbit (3)84 visitenessun commento
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49-Rangers9.jpgThe last images from Ranger 984 visiteCaption NASA originale:"This image shows the last 2 pictures taken by Ranger 9 before impact onto the Lunar Surface. The images show the floor of Alphonsus Crater at 12.84° S, 2.39° W. North is at 1:00 in both images. The top image was taken by camera P3 at a distance of 600 m just 0,25 seconds before impact. The frame is about 70 m across. The lower frame is from camera P1. It includes most of the area on the left of the P3 frame and was taken from 1,2 Km 4,5 seconds prior to impact. The image is approximately 50 meters across. Part of the P3 frame is missing because Ranger 9 did not finish transmitting before impact. These were the last images from the Ranger Programme, which ended with this Mission (Ranger 9, P012)".
Location & Time Information
Date/Time (UT): 1965-03-24 T14:08:19.5
Distance/Range (km): 1
Central Latitude/Longitude (deg): -12.84, 002.39 W
Orbit(s): Impact - Hard Landing
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47-Ranger9.jpgThe "Central Peak" of Alphonsus Crater85 visiteCaption NASA originale:"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)".
Location & Time Information
Date/Time (UT): 1965-03-24 T 14:07:26
Distance/Range (km): 135.96
Central Latitude/Longitude (deg): -13.04, 003.06 W
Orbit(s): Impact - Hard Landing
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46-Ranger9.jpgApproaching Alphonsus Crater78 visiteCaption NASA originale:"Ranger 9 image of Alphonsus Crater (diameter 108 Km) from a distance of 442 Km, taken about 3 minutes before impact in the upper right portion of the crater. At left is the northeastern edge of Mare Nubium. The crater adjacent to Alphonsus at the bottom is the 39 Km diameter Alpetragius. Davy Crater is at upper left. North is at 12:30. Ranger 9 impacted the Moon on 24 March 1965 at 14:08:20 UT (Ranger 9, A035)".
Location & Time Information
Date/Time (UT): 1965-03-24 T 14:05:18
Distance/Range (km): 442.26
Central Latitude/Longitude (deg): -13.443, 004.79 W
Orbit(s): Impact - Hard Landing
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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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