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impact site
Close ✕Ranger 9 impact site
Its final descent was broadcast live on American television. Located in Alphonsus crater. Position approximate; measured in the lunar frame, not the terrestrial one.
-12.8, -2.4 · approximate · Lunar exploration record
Reached by
- Ranger 9 · 1965 · United States · Impactor
Connections
- is travelled to of Ranger 9 — Ranger 9 reached this position, and the position is published.
Mission history61 missions · 1959 → 2026 · 2 planned
1145 objects · 280 located (1 withheld pending verification) · 865 unlocated · No relief basemap · marks drawn only from sourced coordinates