Lunar Orbiter 3
Lunar Orbiter 3 was NASA's final mission dedicated to confirming candidate Apollo landing sites. LO-C met all objectives and supplied the imagery used to select preliminary Apollo sites even though a film-advance failure prevented complete transmission of its photographs.
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Identity
- Aliases
- Lunar Orbiter IIILO-C mission1967-008A
- Name
- Lunar Orbiter 3
- Status
- completed
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- Description
- Lunar Orbiter 3 was NASA's final mission dedicated to confirming candidate Apollo landing sites. LO-C met all objectives and supplied the imagery used to select preliminary Apollo sites even though a film-advance failure prevented complete transmission of its photographs.
- Destination
- Lunar orbit for Apollo landing-site confirmation and lunar-environment measurements, followed by an intentional impact on the Moon
- End Date
- 1967-10-09
- Outcome
- Successful landing-site confirmation mission; all objectives met despite incomplete image readout.
- Programs
- Start Date
- 1967-02-05
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- Creation Time
- July 29, 2026 at 18:19:47 UTC
- Updated Time
- August 21, 2026 at 14:12:53 UTC
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