SPECIFICATIONS:
Height: 3.1 m (10 ft 3 in)
Span: 4.6 m (15 ft)
Weight: 366 kg (809 lb)
Manufacturer: Jet Propulsion Laboratory; Launch vehicle: Atlas-Agena B

This television picture was transmitted by Ranger 8 about two seconds before impact in the lunar Sea of Tranquility on February 20, 1965. The image, from an altitude of about 360 meters (1,200 feet), shows an area about 1.4 kilometers (0.8 mile) on a side.

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