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Ranger 7 reaches the surface
Ranger 7, operated by NASA of United States, reaches the surface on 1964-07-31. Returned 4,308 images in its final minutes — the first American close-range pictures of the surface.
Historical — it happened, and the record is settled.
Subjects
- Ranger 7 · mission · not located
Evidence
Partly verified — Core facts are sourced; some optional detail is deliberately absent.
NSSDCA master catalogue — Ranger programme
Launch dates and impact positions for the Ranger impactors.
NASA Space Science Data Coordinated Archive · Partly verified
NSSDCA master catalogue, Ranger spacecraft entries