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Ewen Whitaker and Gerard Kuiper (in tie) looking at a photo of the landing site for Ranger 6, as the spacecraft sped towards the Moon on Feb 1, 1964. Ranger 6 hit the Moon the next day very near its target in western Mare Tranquilitatis. But as the solemn faces foretold, no photos were taken. Soon after launch the spacecraft had an electrical short circuit high in the Earth's atmosphere, incapacitating the cameras, and so Ranger 6 smashed blindly into the Moon. Oh, if it had worked! Ewen had been asked by Gene Shoemaker to select an interesting target to be imaged as the Ranger raced towards its planned crash landing. Ewen planned for it to start taking TV photos (which would have been radioed live to Earth) as the spacecraft came in over Copernicus and travelled east over Sinus Medii, past Agrippa and on to its final high resolution shots of Arago, its domes and the [[January_12,_2004|Sosigenes Rilles]]. The spacecraft worked flawlessly, except for the cameras, and hit the Moon within its target ellipse at 9.39N 21.51E. We almost had high resolution view of the Arago domes...</p> | Ewen Whitaker and Gerard Kuiper (in tie) looking at a photo of the landing site for Ranger 6, as the spacecraft sped towards the Moon on Feb 1, 1964. Ranger 6 hit the Moon the next day very near its target in western Mare Tranquilitatis. But as the solemn faces foretold, no photos were taken. Soon after launch the spacecraft had an electrical short circuit high in the Earth's atmosphere, incapacitating the cameras, and so Ranger 6 smashed blindly into the Moon. Oh, if it had worked! Ewen had been asked by Gene Shoemaker to select an interesting target to be imaged as the Ranger raced towards its planned crash landing. Ewen planned for it to start taking TV photos (which would have been radioed live to Earth) as the spacecraft came in over Copernicus and travelled east over Sinus Medii, past Agrippa and on to its final high resolution shots of Arago, its domes and the [[January_12,_2004|Sosigenes Rilles]]. The spacecraft worked flawlessly, except for the cameras, and hit the Moon within its target ellipse at 9.39N 21.51E. We almost had high resolution view of the Arago domes...</p> | ||
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| − | <p align="right"> — [mailto:tychocrater@yahoo.com Chuck Wood]</p></ | + | <p align="right"> — [mailto:tychocrater@yahoo.com Chuck Wood]</p> |
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| + | This picture was taken at JPL and was apparently a JPL PR photo - on the back is this ID: P-2971A. Footnote: The globe in the background is now on the wall at [[March_9,_2004|Flandrau Planetarium]] in Tucson. </p> | ||
| + | <p><b>Related Links: </b><br> | ||
| + | [http://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/database/MasterCatalog?sc=1964-007A Ranger 6 at NSSDC] <br> | ||
| + | [http://history.nasa.gov/SP-4210/pages/Cover.htm Lunar Impact -A History of the Ranger Project] <br> | ||
| + | [http://www.factmonster.com/ce6/people/A0828325.html Kuiper] </p> | ||
| + | <p><b>Yesterday's LPOD:</b> [[July 28, 2004|Cognitum Kipuka]] </p> | ||
| + | <p><b>Tomorrow's LPOD:</b> [[July 30, 2004|Obliquely Viewed Fault]] </p> | ||
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[mailto:tychocrater@yahoo.com Charles A. Wood]</p> | [mailto:tychocrater@yahoo.com Charles A. Wood]</p> | ||
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Latest revision as of 18:22, 7 February 2015
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EAW & GPK Ewen Whitaker and Gerard Kuiper (in tie) looking at a photo of the landing site for Ranger 6, as the spacecraft sped towards the Moon on Feb 1, 1964. Ranger 6 hit the Moon the next day very near its target in western Mare Tranquilitatis. But as the solemn faces foretold, no photos were taken. Soon after launch the spacecraft had an electrical short circuit high in the Earth's atmosphere, incapacitating the cameras, and so Ranger 6 smashed blindly into the Moon. Oh, if it had worked! Ewen had been asked by Gene Shoemaker to select an interesting target to be imaged as the Ranger raced towards its planned crash landing. Ewen planned for it to start taking TV photos (which would have been radioed live to Earth) as the spacecraft came in over Copernicus and travelled east over Sinus Medii, past Agrippa and on to its final high resolution shots of Arago, its domes and the Sosigenes Rilles. The spacecraft worked flawlessly, except for the cameras, and hit the Moon within its target ellipse at 9.39N 21.51E. We almost had high resolution view of the Arago domes... Technical Details: Related Links: Yesterday's LPOD: Cognitum Kipuka Tomorrow's LPOD: Obliquely Viewed Fault |
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