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Ranger IX, Camera A

A while back wanderingspace posted 2 great animations of the Mariner flybys of Mars. They had a great nickelodeon feel to them and are two of the best posts on this blog (in our opinion). So when Emily Lackdawalla posted recently on the first “earthrise” as seen from a probe in orbit around the moon – she linked to this great database of moon shot mission images from the 60’s. Glimpsing at these collections, it was clear that there existed the same potential for another nickelodeon style animation of a trip to the moon.

Ranger IX, Camera A Animation

The mission shown above is Ranger IX and there are many more potential animations that can be made from other Ranger missions or from the Lunar Orbiter series of images. Maybe one day.

Sorry for the huge file size… about 1M.

This entry was posted on Wednesday, November 21st, 2007 at 1:53 pm and is filed under Historic Missions, Luna (Moon), Video/Movie. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.

3 Responses to “Ranger IX, Camera A”

  1. J Stopple Says:
    August 28th, 2008 at 4:04 pm

    This is terrific; I remember watching the Ranger probe on television at age about six. The only thing missing is that it had the text ‘Live from the moon’ in the corner.

  2. J Stopple Says:
    November 1st, 2010 at 4:28 pm

    PS I’m just now reading “Lunar Impact: The NASA History of Project Ranger”. Highly recommended.

  3. Chop Shop Store Says:
    November 1st, 2010 at 4:43 pm

    It’s a FREE read as well.

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