Earth's Moon - Ranger 7
First image of the Moon taken by a U.S. spacecraft
Ranger 7 took this image, the first picture of the Moon
by a U.S. spacecraft, on 31 July 1964 at 13:09 UT
(9:09 AM EDT) about 17 minutes before impacting the
lunar surface. The area photographed is centered at
13 S, 10 W and covers about 360 km from top to bottom.
The large crater at center right is the 108 km diameter
Alphonsus. Above it is Ptolemaeus and below it
Arzachel. The terminator is at the bottom right
corner. Mare Nubium is at center and left. North is
at about 11:00 at the center of the frame. The
Ranger 7 impact site is off the frame, to the left of
the upper left corner.
(Ranger 7, B001)
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