The Last Signal

AI-narrated documentary

Ranger 7: in its own words

Coming soonAI-made

Chapters

  1. 01Born
  2. 02Launch
  3. 03Life’s work
  4. 04Impact
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Born

Born on Earth. Resting among the stars.

Engineers assembling a rover in a cleanroom (AI-generated placeholder)
Assembly · JPL

The first American spacecraft to send back close-up pictures of the Moon. It took 4,308 photographs in its last 17 minutes before striking the surface on purpose.

Builder
JPL
Type
Impactor

3D model

Interactive 3D coming soon

Launch day

A rocket lifting off at night (AI-generated placeholder)

28 July 1964
Atlas LV-3 Agena-B
Launch Complex 12

Impact

31.07.1964 · impact

Ranger 7 kept its cameras running all the way down and hit the Moon in the region later named Mare Cognitum, the Known Sea.

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Sources

Resting on Moon. Photos on this page are AI-generated placeholders until credited archive images are added.