Editing Ranger 8 (section)

=== Cameras ===
The spacecraft carried six television [[Video camera tube|vidicon]] cameras&nbsp;—two wide-angle (channel F, cameras A and B) and four narrow-angle (channel P)&nbsp;—to accomplish these objectives.<ref name=Capelotti>
{{cite book
 | pages      = 47–48
 | url        = https://books.google.com/books?id=98qFL5AYIjQC&pg=PA48
 | title      = The Human Archaeology of Space: Lunar, Planetary and Interstellar Relics of Exploration
 | isbn       = 978-0-7864-5994-0 
 | last       = Capelotti
 | first      = Peter Joseph
 | year       = 2010
| publisher=McFarland }}
</ref>  The cameras were arranged in two separate chains, or channels; each was self-contained with separate power supplies, timers, and [[transmitter]]s, to afford the greatest reliability and probability of obtaining high-quality [[television]] pictures. No other experiments were carried on the spacecraft.<ref name="NSDC Mission Profile" />