1965

1. 1965-02-17 launch

   Ranger 8 — launch

   Category: Launches and Flight Tests › Type: Orbital launch

   Mission: Ranger 8

   • Space transportation

   Ranger 8 was a lunar probe in the Ranger program, a robotic spacecraft series launched by NASA in the early-to-mid-1960s to obtain the first close-up images of the Moon's surface.