Ranger 7
Ranger 7 was the P-54/Ranger-B Block III spacecraft launched on July 28, 1964. It returned thousands of increasingly detailed lunar images before its planned impact in Mare Cognitum, ending the Ranger project’s long failure sequence with its first complete success.
Identity
- Aliases
- P-54Ranger-B1964-041A
- Name
- Ranger 7
- Status
- destroyed
Details
- Description
- Ranger 7 was the P-54/Ranger-B Block III spacecraft launched on July 28, 1964. It returned thousands of increasingly detailed lunar images before its planned impact in Mare Cognitum, ending the Ranger project’s long failure sequence with its first complete success.
- First Flight Date
- 1964-07-28
- Manufacturer
- Operator
- Vehicle Family
Links
- Official Url
- https://science.nasa.gov/mission/ranger-7/
Assets & Meta
- Creation Time
- July 29, 2026 at 13:16:19 UTC
- Updated Time
- July 29, 2026 at 13:16:19 UTC
Other
- Last Flight Date
- 1964-07-31
- Vehicle Code
- P-54 / Ranger-B