AN OBLIQUE VIEW OF KEPLER CRATER. Black and white photograph, 20 by 22½ inches. Image III-162-M, medium resolution. February 25, 1967. A beautiful oblique view of Kepler crater. 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.
AN OBLIQUE VIEW OF KEPLER CRATER. Black and white photograph, 20 by 22½ inches. Image III-162-M, medium resolution. February 25, 1967. A beautiful oblique view of Kepler crater. 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.
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