Ranger 8

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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.

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precursor mission that photographed the site
In 1965, this robotic probe successfully impacted the Moon within Mare Tranquillitatis, providing critical close-up photographs to scout potential landing sites for Apollo.
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