Saturday, July 28, 2018
Ranger 7 launched 1964
Ranger 7, launched July 28, 1964 to the moon, was the first completely successful flight of NASA's Ranger program. It sent back close-up images of the lunar surface up to its impact. Ranger 6, launched earlier in 1964 was considered a complete failure, although NASA tried to put a positive spin on it.
After an initial launch was aborted on July 27, it launched without issue the following day. Ranger 7 reached the moon July 31 and transmitted over 4300 pictures during iits last 17 minutes of flight. It impacted the surface between Mare Nubium and Mare Cognitum.
Labels:
1964,
launched,
Mare Cognitum,
Mare Nubium,
moon,
NASA,
Ranger 6,
Ranger 7
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
No comments:
Post a Comment