Posted on January 14, 2016
A total of five Lunar Orbiter missions were launched by the US in 1966 through 1967. The purpose of the lunar orbiter series was to photograph the moon’s surface for selection and verification of safe landing sites for the Surveyor and Apollo missio...
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5-Lunar Orbiter 5 photo of the entire Tycho impact crater in the southern highlands
4-LO 4 Davy crater chain chain stretches from Davy Y at left to the large bright Davy G diameter 15 km Note the even spacing of the craters
3Lunar Orbiter 3 Image 3121_M – Tsiolkovskiy Crater center
2-Lunar Orbiter 2 on November 20, 1966, 29 miles (47 km) above the lunar surface, over the Sea of Tranquility
1-Lunar Orbiter 3 spacecraft
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