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The Lunar Orbiter program was a series of five uncrewed lunar orbiter missions launched by the United States in 1966 and 1967. Intended to help select Apollo landing sites by mapping the Moon's surface, [ 1 ] they provided the first photographs from lunar orbit and photographed both the Moon and Earth.
Pioneer 1, television camera; Pioneer 2, television camera; Lunar Orbiter program, Lunar Orbiter 1–5, 1966–1967; The camera used two lenses to simultaneously expose a wide-angle and a high-resolution image on the same film. The wide-angle, medium resolution mode used an 80 mm F 2.8 Xenotar lens manufactured by Schneider Kreuznach, Germany ...
Longjiang-1 failed to enter lunar orbit, [37] but Longjiang-2 succeeded and operated in lunar orbit until 31 July 2019 when it was deliberately directed to crash onto the Moon. [ 41 ] Longjiang 2's crash site is located at 16°41′44″N 159°31′01″E / 16.6956°N 159.5170°E / 16.6956; 159.5170 ( Longjiang-2 impact site ...
Photos taken by the India Space Research Organization moon orbiter Chandrayaan 2 recently show aerial images of Apollo 11 and Apollo 12's lunar landing vehicles.
Images taken by the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter mission beginning in July 2009 show the six Apollo Lunar Module descent stages, Apollo Lunar Surface Experiments Package (ALSEP) science experiments, astronaut footpaths, and lunar rover tire tracks. These images are the most effective proof to date to rebut the "landing hoax" theories.
The combined TV/DAC camera/Photography/audio video hosted on YouTube as "Apollo 11 Moonwalk Part 1 of 4" [12] includes the Flight Director's audio loop as well as the CapCom-Crew audio. At 8 minutes 53 seconds into the video (109:30:53 MET) Armstrong states "I'll step out and take some of my first pictures here.", at 9:03 video/109:31:05 MET ...
IM-2 is scheduled to launch along with a small-scale, low-budget lunar orbiter called the Lunar Trailblazer. The Nova-C will take about a week to travel to the moon.
The camera returned 6315 pictures between April 20 and May 3, 1967, including views of the spacecraft itself, panoramic lunar surveys, views of the mechanical surface digger at work, and of an April 24 eclipse of the Sun by the Earth. [9] The Apollo 12 Lunar Module landed near Surveyor 3 on November 19, 1969.