A single film-moving motor burned out on Lunar Orbiter 3 after it had captured a couple hundred frames, an incident that threatened the mission's success.
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- Moon photos from the 1960s were developed in space—here's how (nationalgeographic.com)
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- https://www.lpi.usra.edu/lunar/missions/orbiter/ (lpi.usra.edu)
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