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English: An image of the moon taken by the Ranger 8 space probe, showing the craters Ritter and Sabine. Ranger 8 image of the Moon from 302 km. The image was taken on 20 February 1965 and 9:55 UT, two and a half minutes before the spacecraft impacted on the lunar surface. The two large craters at upper center are Ritter (above left) and Sabine, each about 30 km in diameter. The Apollo 11 landing site is just off the right edge of the image at about 4:00. The image is about 130 km across and north is up. (Ranger 8, A030)
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Public domain This file is in the public domain in the United States because it was solely created by NASA. NASA copyright policy states that "NASA material is not protected by copyright unless noted". (See Template:PD-USGov, NASA copyright policy page or JPL Image Use Policy.)
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  • 2006-02-20 21:11 Bcrowell 708×720×8 (333703 bytes) source: http://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/imgcat/html/object_page/ra8_a030.html image of the moon taken by the Ranger 8 space probe, showing the craters Ritter and Sabine

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