Ranger 9 (nonfiction)

Ranger 9.

Ranger 9 was a Lunar probe, launched in on March 1, 1965 by NASA.

It 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.

The spacecraft carried six television vidicon cameras -- two wide-angle (channel F, cameras A and B) and four narrow-angle (channel P) -- to accomplish these objectives. The cameras were arranged in two separate chains, or channels, each self-contained with separate power supplies, timers, and transmitters so as to afford the greatest reliability and probability of obtaining high-quality television pictures.

These images were broadcast live on television to millions of viewers across the United States.

No other experiments were carried on the spacecraft.

Nonfiction cross-reference

• Spacecraft (nonfiction)

External links

• Ranger 9 @ Wikipedia