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LUNAR ORBITER III A group of 5 photographs, 24 x 20 inches, gelatin silver prints, image 1
LUNAR ORBITER III A group of 5 photographs, 24 x 20 inches, gelatin silver prints, image 2
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LUNAR ORBITER III
A group of 5 photographs, 24 x 20 inches, gelatin silver prints,

20 July 2016, 13:00 EDT
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LUNAR ORBITER III

A group of 5 photographs, 24 x 20 inches, gelatin silver prints, from Lunar Orbiter III, comprised of 3 medium resolution and 2 high resolution images, captioned in margins, some marginal wrinkling, two long tears to 214 extending into image.

Five attractive images from Lunar Orbiter III, featuring prominent craters and horizon views. Including III-85-M, III-213-M, III-214-M, III-121-H-1, III-121-H-3. Launched on February 5, 1967, Lunar Orbiter III (LO3) produced 211 photographs taken during 54 orbits, only 75% were successfully transmitted back to earth. Essentially a site-confirmation mission, LO3 had the task of re-photographing 12 potential landing sites identified by Lunar Orbiters I and II. NASA was able to utilize the photograph data to narrow the landing site selection down to 8 possibilities. Aside from potential landing sites, LO3 also took imagery of secondary sites of scientific interest on the far side of the moon and at higher latitudes on the lunar nearside.

See Bowker & Hughes, Lunar Orbiter Photographic Atlas of the Moon (Washington D.C.: National Aeronautics and Space Administration, 1971).

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