Lunar Orbiter 3 photographed the Moon from February 15 to 23, 1967, and confirmed safe landing sites for the Apollo program.
Sources
- Moon photos from the 1960s were developed in space—here's how (nationalgeographic.com)
- https://science.nasa.gov/mission/lunar-orbiter-3/ (science.nasa.gov)
- https://www.lpi.usra.edu/resources/lunarorbiter/ (lpi.usra.edu)
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