Ranger 6 spacecraft

Impacted successfully but TV cameras failed, so no close-up images were returned.

Coordinates

9.3864, 21.4806 (positive-east)

Era

A (1959-1976)

Parent mission

Ranger 6

Role

impactor imaging spacecraft

Operator

NASA / JPL

Nation

USA

Launched (UTC)

1964-01-30

Reached Moon (UTC)

1964-02-02

Event type

impactor

Outcome

partial

Site

Mare Tranquillitatis

Left on surface

none

Returned material

none

Current status

crashed/on lunar surface

Operational status (derived)

inactive

Source grade

primary

Review note

Coordinates from LROC 2016 observed-coordinate update.

Primary source