Ranger 7
Ranger 7 was NASA’s first fully successful Ranger lunar mission. Its JPL-built Block III spacecraft returned 4,316 close-range images during the final minutes of approach and impacted the northern rim of Mare Nubium on July 31, 1964.
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Identity
- Aliases
- Ranger VIIP-54 mission1964-041A
- Name
- Ranger 7
- Status
- completed
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- Description
- Ranger 7 was NASA’s first fully successful Ranger lunar mission. Its JPL-built Block III spacecraft returned 4,316 close-range images during the final minutes of approach and impacted the northern rim of Mare Nubium on July 31, 1964.
- Destination
- Successful lunar impact-imaging mission; returned 4,316 close-range images before impact on Mare Nubium
- End Date
- 1964-07-31
- Launch Site
- Outcome
- Successful lunar impact-imaging mission and first U.S. close-range photographs of the Moon.
- Programs
- Start Date
- 1964-07-28
- Vehicle Families
Links
- Official Url
- https://science.nasa.gov/mission/ranger-7/
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- Creation Time
- July 29, 2026 at 13:17:28 UTC
- Updated Time
- August 21, 2026 at 13:47:23 UTC
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