Wednesday, March 21, 2018

Ranger 9 launched 1965

Image of the lunar surface from Ranger 9

Ranger 9, launched March 21, 1965, was the fourth of the Block 3 Ranger spacecraft sent to the moon.  It reached the moon three days later and took 5814 pictures of the final 19 minutes of flight, before it impacted the lunar surface in the Alphonsus crater.

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