Status
Success
Rocket
Mission Details
Ranger 8
Ranger 8 was a lunar probe in the Ranger program, a robotic spacecraft series launched by NASA in the early-to-mid-1960s to obtain the first close-up images of the Moon's surface. These pictures helped select landing sites for Apollo missions and were used for scientific study.
Payloads: 1
Total Mass: 367.0 kg
Trans Lunar Injection
Location
LC-12, Cape Canaveral SFS, Florida, USA
Stats
1965
12th orbital launch attempt
Atlas-Agena
50th mission
2nd mission of 1965
36th successful mission
4th consecutive successful mission