LUNAR ORBITER: LARGE PHOTO GROUP.Approximately 125 silver gelatin print photographs, 1967, generally 8 x 10 inches (204 x 255), some with NASA Langley ID in margin, NASA, Washington or NASA Langley press information on verso. Mostly very good to excellent condition, some with notation on press information and some with notation on image calling attention to specific features. Includes some duplication.
Extensive group from Lunar Orbiter III, IV and V with a variety of images including wide angle, medium and telephoto shots.
NASA's Lunar Orbiter program sent a series of 5 uncrewed probes over the period of a year to photograph the lunar surface in order to help select Apollo landing sites as well as to accurately map the Moon. The first three probes were dedicated to photographing 20 potential crewed landing sites and the fourth and fifth missions were high altitude orbits that contributed to capturing images of 99% of the lunar surface.
The Lunar Orbiter spacecraft were each equipped with two cameras that simultaneously captured two different fields of view and resolutions, but on the same line of sight and recorded to a common supply of 70mm film. The cameras were part of a photographic system that also included a film processor and a readout scanner so the images could be transmitted to Earth.
LUNAR ORBITER: LARGE PHOTO GROUP.Approximately 125 silver gelatin print photographs, 1967, generally 8 x 10 inches (204 x 255), some with NASA Langley ID in margin, NASA, Washington or NASA Langley press information on verso. Mostly very good to excellent condition, some with notation on press information and some with notation on image calling attention to specific features. Includes some duplication.
Extensive group from Lunar Orbiter III, IV and V with a variety of images including wide angle, medium and telephoto shots.
NASA's Lunar Orbiter program sent a series of 5 uncrewed probes over the period of a year to photograph the lunar surface in order to help select Apollo landing sites as well as to accurately map the Moon. The first three probes were dedicated to photographing 20 potential crewed landing sites and the fourth and fifth missions were high altitude orbits that contributed to capturing images of 99% of the lunar surface.
The Lunar Orbiter spacecraft were each equipped with two cameras that simultaneously captured two different fields of view and resolutions, but on the same line of sight and recorded to a common supply of 70mm film. The cameras were part of a photographic system that also included a film processor and a readout scanner so the images could be transmitted to Earth.
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