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Ranger 7

Space Probe

Ranger 7 was a NASA robotic space probe launched in 1964 that became the first fully successful mission of the Ranger program after a lengthy string of earlier failures. The spacecraft was designed to crash into the Moon, transmitting live television images of the lunar surface as it approached, and it returned thousands of images before impact on July 31, 1964, the closest and most detailed pictures of the Moon taken up to that time. Its success restored confidence in the American lunar exploration program ahead of the Surveyor and Apollo missions that followed.

Facts
Spacecraft Type
Lunar impactor 2
Launch Date
1964-07-28 3
Status
Status (category)
Mission Complete / Ended 1
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Ranger 7 was a NASA/JPL mission, the first successful American lunar impactor probe (1964).

Source Wikipedia (space and spaceflight articles)
Additional Source Wikipedia - Ranger 7Wikipedia: Ranger 7, lead section
Sources
1. Ranger 7 (Wikipedia)
Ranger 7 transmitted over 4,300 photographs...the performance of the spacecraft exceeded hopesView the Source
2. Wikipedia - Ranger 7
  • Infobox, mission type
    Lunar impactor
  • In Group: Lunar Orbiters and Flyby Probes, Ranger 7 was the first NASA space probe to successfully transmit close-up images of the lunar surface back to Earth. It was also the first completely successful flight of the Ranger program. Laun
  • Operated By: NASA, Wikipedia: Ranger 7, lead section
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3. Wikidata: Ranger 7
Wikidata Q862558, class allow-list match (w-wdresolver-0926)View the Source
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