Ranger 9
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Launch date | March 21, 1965 |
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Impact date | 24 March 1965, 14:08:19. 994 UTC |
Launch site | Cape Canaveral Air Force Station Launch Complex 12 |
Manufacturers | Jet Propulsion Laboratory |
Operator | NASA |
Did you know | Ranger 9 was launched March 21, 1965, and impacted the Moon in the 90-kilometer-diameter (75-mile) crater Alphonsus, sending back more than 5,800 images. |
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ID | 1247108 |
About Ranger 9
Ranger 9 was a Lunar probe, launched in 1965 by NASA. It was designed to achieve a lunar impact trajectory and to transmit high-resolution photographs of the lunar surface during the final minutes of flight up to impact.