Once the mission for Apollo 8 was reconfigured ... Borman had argued for a night landing to reduce the number of orbits around the moon and decrease the risk of anything going wrong.

Get Instant Summarized Text (Gist) Ranger 8, launched in February 1965, provided crucial close-up images of the lunar surface, aiding in the selection of Apollo landing sites. The spacecraft ...

Lunar Orbiter 2 and Apollo 16 both imaged the Ranger 8 impact site at relatively low resolution in 1966 and 1972, respectively. The Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter imaged the crash site in greater ...