Ranger 7 Sends First Close-Up Moon Photos, July 31, 1964
Ranger program: Ranger 7 sends back the first close-up photographs of the moon, with images 1,000 times clearer than anything ever seen from earth-bound telescopes.
Date: July 31, 1964
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