NSSDC Image Catalog
Ranger 8
![Image of Earth's Moon](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/eot2008/20080916014207im_/http://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/imgcat/thumbnail/ra8_a001.gif)
First picture of the Moon taken by Ranger 8
Target Object: Earth's Moon
Mission: Ranger 8
![Image of Earth's Moon](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/eot2008/20080916014207im_/http://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/imgcat/thumbnail/ra8_a030.gif)
Ritter and Sabine craters on the Moon
Target Object: Earth's Moon
Mission: Ranger 8
![Image of Earth's Moon](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/eot2008/20080916014207im_/http://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/imgcat/thumbnail/ra8_a060.gif)
Ranger 8 image taken 2 seconds before impact
Target Object: Earth's Moon
Mission: Ranger 8
![Image of Earth's Moon](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/eot2008/20080916014207im_/http://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/imgcat/thumbnail/ra8_b001.gif)
Ptolemaeus and Alphonsus craters on the Moon
Target Object: Earth's Moon
Mission: Ranger 8
![Image of Earth's Moon](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/eot2008/20080916014207im_/http://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/imgcat/thumbnail/ra8_b045.gif)
Sabine crater in Mare Tranquillitatis on the Moon
Target Object: Earth's Moon
Mission: Ranger 8
![Image of Earth's Moon](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/eot2008/20080916014207im_/http://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/imgcat/thumbnail/ra8_b090.gif)
Sea of Tranquillity on the Moon from 11 km, 5 seconds before impact
Target Object: Earth's Moon
Mission: Ranger 8
![Image of Earth's Moon](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/eot2008/20080916014207im_/http://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/imgcat/thumbnail/ra8_p001.gif)
Four images of Davy crater chain and Ptolemaeus crater from 1300 km
Target Object: Earth's Moon
Mission: Ranger 8
![Image of Earth's Moon](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/eot2008/20080916014207im_/http://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/imgcat/thumbnail/ra8_p010.gif)
Mare Tranquillitatis from 20 km, 9 seconds before impact
Target Object: Earth's Moon
Mission: Ranger 8
![Image of Earth's Moon](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/eot2008/20080916014207im_/http://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/imgcat/thumbnail/ra8_p020.gif)
Final Ranger 8 pictures taken 1/2 second before impact
Target Object: Earth's Moon
Mission: Ranger 8
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Updated 29 April 2003, DRW.