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§ Historical recordRanger 9 spacecraft
Returned live lunar approach imagery before impact in Alphonsus.
- Coordinates
- -12.8281, -2.38839999999999 (positive-east)
- Era
- A (1959-1976)
- Parent mission
- Ranger 9
- Role
- impactor imaging spacecraft
- Operator
- NASA / JPL
- Nation
- USA
- Launched (UTC)
- 1965-03-21
- Reached Moon (UTC)
- 1965-03-24 14:08:20
- Event type
- impactor
- Outcome
- success
- Site
- Alphonsus crater
- Left on surface
- none
- Returned material
- none
- Current status
- crashed/on lunar surface
- Operational status (derived)
- inactive
- Source grade
- primary
Primary source