Status
Success
Rocket
Mission Details
Ranger 7
Ranger 7 was the first space probe of the United States to successfully transmit close images of the lunar surface back to Earth. It was also the first completely successful flight of the Ranger program. Launched on July 28, 1964, Ranger 7 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.
Payloads: 1
Total Mass: 366.0 kg
Low Earth Orbit
Location
LC-12, Cape Canaveral SFS, Florida, USA
Stats
1964
50th orbital launch attempt
Atlas-Agena
40th mission
8th mission of 1964
28th successful mission
14th consecutive successful mission