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§ Historical recordRanger 8 spacecraft
Returned lunar approach images before impact.
- Coordinates
- 2.6376, 24.7881 (positive-east)
- Era
- A (1959-1976)
- Parent mission
- Ranger 8
- Role
- impactor imaging spacecraft
- Operator
- NASA / JPL
- Nation
- USA
- Launched (UTC)
- 1965-02-17
- Reached Moon (UTC)
- 1965-02-20 09:57:37
- Event type
- impactor
- Outcome
- success
- Site
- Mare Tranquillitatis
- Left on surface
- none
- Returned material
- none
- Current status
- crashed/on lunar surface
- Operational status (derived)
- inactive
- Source grade
- primary
Primary source