First Live TV images of the Moon
March 29th 2009 05:55
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The Apollo missions were partly successful due to the first high resolution images of the moon, these images were part of a reconnaissance missions to obtain information on future potential landing sites.
NASA created the Ranger series of missions to take high-quality pictures of the Moon and transmit them back to Earth in real time. Each Ranger spacecraft was designed to make live television transmission of the moon. right up until they crashed into the surface.
The cameras onboard each spacecraft were designed to provide different exposure times, fields of view, lenses, and scan rates, and they were arranged in two separate self-contained chains, each with its own power supply, timer, and transmitter.
For the first time, the public was able to see the moon up close on their television. Flight controllers aligned Ranger 9's camera directly in front of the spacecraft. The spectacular images were converted for broadcast on live television. It sent back a total of 5,814 pictures in 19 minutes before impact.
The final image taken 0.25 seconds before impact from at an altitude of about 600 meters had a resolution of 0.3 meters per pixel the best images of the moon ever taken at that point in time.
The Ranger series was the first U.S. attempt to obtain close-up images of the Lunar surface the Ranger mission began in 1961 and ended in 1965.
Ranger Spacecraft
NASA created the Ranger series of missions to take high-quality pictures of the Moon and transmit them back to Earth in real time. Each Ranger spacecraft was designed to make live television transmission of the moon. right up until they crashed into the surface.
last image taken by Ranger 8 seconds before impact
For the first time, the public was able to see the moon up close on their television. Flight controllers aligned Ranger 9's camera directly in front of the spacecraft. The spectacular images were converted for broadcast on live television. It sent back a total of 5,814 pictures in 19 minutes before impact.
The final image taken 0.25 seconds before impact from at an altitude of about 600 meters had a resolution of 0.3 meters per pixel the best images of the moon ever taken at that point in time.
The Ranger series was the first U.S. attempt to obtain close-up images of the Lunar surface the Ranger mission began in 1961 and ended in 1965.
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Like SL - I remember vividly being planted in front of the box as a kid being fascinated by the whole adventure and being told by my parents that this was history and it was something to absorb.
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Thank goodness it wasn't, as if it did, then human beings will probably shacking on their both legs right now...