{"id":276988,"date":"2023-04-03T11:48:34","date_gmt":"2023-04-03T15:48:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/?post_type=mission&p=276988"},"modified":"2023-06-23T16:02:12","modified_gmt":"2023-06-23T20:02:12","slug":"lunar-orbiter-3","status":"publish","type":"mission","link":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/mission\/lunar-orbiter-3\/","title":{"rendered":"Lunar Orbiter 3"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"\" class=\"hds-mission-hero maxw-full width-full hds-module hds-module-full wp-block-nasa-blocks-mission-hero\">\t<div class=\"hds-mission-header hds-mission-archived padding-top-10 padding-bottom-4 background-cover padding-x-3\">\n\t\t<div class=\"grid-container grid-container-block grid-row flex-align-end margin-bottom-0 padding-x-0\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"grid-col-12 desktop:grid-col-6\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"hds-mission-badge square-10 margin-bottom-4\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\" alt=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"margin-bottom-4\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"page-heading-md display-block width-full\">Lunar Orbiter 3<\/h1>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"margin-bottom-5 tablet:margin-bottom-0 desktop:margin-bottom-0\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"label tag tag-mission\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"mission-status-icon bg-carbon-30\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span>Occurred 57 years ago<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"p-lg\">NASA\u2019s Lunar Orbiter 3 was the final mission to photograph potential Apollo landing sites. A glitch prevented the spacecraft from relaying back all of its images, but it did meet all mission objectives. One of the images showed the Surveyor 2 lander on the lunar surface.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"grid-col-12 desktop:grid-col-6 padding-left-0 desktop:padding-left-10\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"grid-row margin-bottom-4\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"grid-col\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"w-100 border-top-1px border-color-carbon-20-important padding-top-2 margin-right-1 desktop:margin-right-5\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"margin-bottom-1\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"label margin-0 color-carbon-50-important\">Mission objective<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"p-lg font-weight-bold margin-0 padding-0 line-height-sm\">Lunar Orbit<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"grid-col\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"w-100 border-top-1px border-color-carbon-20-important padding-top-2 margin-left-1 desktop:margin-left-0 desktop:margin-right-5\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"margin-bottom-1\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"label margin-0 color-carbon-50-important\">launch vehicle<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"p-lg font-weight-bold margin-0 padding-0 line-height-sm\">Atlas Agena D<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"grid-row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"grid-col-6\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"w-100 border-top-1px border-color-carbon-20-important padding-top-2 margin-right-1 desktop:margin-right-5\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"margin-bottom-1\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"label margin-0 color-carbon-50-important\">Launch<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"p-lg font-weight-bold margin-0 padding-0 line-height-sm\">Feb. 5, 1967<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"grid-col-6\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"w-100 border-top-1px border-color-carbon-20-important padding-top-2 margin-left-1 desktop:margin-left-0 desktop:margin-right-5\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"margin-bottom-1\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"label margin-0 color-carbon-50-important\">Landing<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"p-lg font-weight-bold margin-0 padding-0 line-height-sm\">Oct. 9, 1967<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<div id=\"\" class=\"width-full maxw-full bg-carbon-05 padding-bottom-9 padding-top-9 hds-module hds-module-full wp-block-nasa-blocks-featured-link\">\n\t<div class=\"grid-container grid-container-block padding-x-0 padding-top-9 desktop:padding-top-0\">\n\t\t<div class=\"grid-row flex-align-center\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"grid-col-12 desktop:grid-col-6 padding-x-3 desktop:padding-right-5 margin-bottom-5\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"label margin-bottom-2\">NASA Space science data coordinated archive<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"page-heading-md\">Lunar Orbiter 3<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"p-md\">The Lunar Orbiter 3 spacecraft was designed primarily to photograph areas of the lunar surface for confirmation of safe landing sites for the Surveyor and Apollo missions.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov\/nmc\/spacecraft\/display.action?id=1967-008A\" target=\"_self\" class=\"button-primary button-primary-md\" aria-label=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"line-height-alt-1\">Learn More<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<svg viewBox=\"0 0 32 32\" fill=\"none\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><circle class=\"button-primary-circle\" cx=\"16\" cy=\"16\" r=\"16\"><\/circle><path d=\"M8 16.956h12.604l-3.844 4.106 1.252 1.338L24 16l-5.988-6.4-1.252 1.338 3.844 4.106H8v1.912z\" class=\"color-spacesuit-white\"><\/path><\/svg>\n\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"grid-col-12 desktop:grid-col-6 desktop:padding-left-5\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"width-full\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"hds-media-wrapper margin-left-auto margin-right-auto\"><figure class=\"hds-media-inner hds-cover-wrapper hds-media-ratio-cover \"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"580\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/lunar-orbiter-render.jpg?w=640\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"Image of the Lunar Orbiter 1 spacecraft.\" style=\"transform: scale(1); transform-origin: 50% 50%; object-position: 50% 50%; object-fit: cover;\" block_context=\"nasa-block\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/lunar-orbiter-render.jpg 2000w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/lunar-orbiter-render.jpg?resize=300,272 300w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/lunar-orbiter-render.jpg?resize=768,697 768w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/lunar-orbiter-render.jpg?resize=1024,929 1024w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/lunar-orbiter-render.jpg?resize=1536,1393 1536w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/lunar-orbiter-render.jpg?resize=400,363 400w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/lunar-orbiter-render.jpg?resize=600,544 600w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/lunar-orbiter-render.jpg?resize=900,816 900w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/lunar-orbiter-render.jpg?resize=1200,1088 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" loading=\"eager\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t<\/div>\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Key Dates<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Feb.5, 1967: <\/strong>Launch<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Feb. 8, 1967:<\/strong> Arrived in lunar orbit<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Feb. 15, 1967:<\/strong> Photographic mission began<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Oct. 9, 1967:<\/strong> Spacecraft intentionally crashed onto lunar surface<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:40px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>In Depth: Lunar Orbiter 3<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Lunar Orbiter 3 was NASA’s final Lunar Orbiter mission to study potential Apollo landing sites, although its mission focused on site confirmation rather than site search. For the mission, the spacecraft\u2019s orbital inclination was increased to 21 degrees to ensure photography both north and south of the lunar equator.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Building on the stereo photography taken by Lunar Orbiter 2, the third mission was focused on making two \u201cfootprints\u201d of the same area on two successive orbits. Lunar Orbiter 3 was also designed to obtain precision trajectory information for defining the lunar gravitational field, to measure micrometeoroid flux, and to measure radiation dosage levels around the Moon.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The spacecraft arrived in lunar orbit after a 9-minute 2.5-second engine burn on Feb. 8, 1967, after a course correction. Initial orbital parameters were 131 \u00d7 1,120 miles (210.2 \u00d7 1,801.9 kilometers) at a 20.93-degree inclination.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>About four days later, the spacecraft entered its operational 34 \u00d7 1,148-mile (55 \u00d7 1,847-kilometer) orbit at a 20.9-degree inclination. At the time, Lunar Orbiter 2 was still in operation around the Moon, thus providing key experience for NASA\u2019s ability to track and communicate with two simultaneous spacecraft at the Moon.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Lunar Orbiter 3 began its photographic mission Feb. 15, 1967. The spacecraft exposed 211 (out of a possible 212) frames of pictures by the time that imaging concluded Feb. 23. Soon, the spacecraft began to \u201cread out\u201d the images to the ground, but this activity suddenly stopped March 4 due to a problem with the film advance mechanism in the readout section of the imaging system. As such, only 182 images were returned and 72 others were never read out to the ground.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Despite the glitch, Lunar Orbiter 3 wholly fulfilled its original mission objectives, returning images of 6 million square miles (15.5 million square kilometers) of the Moon’s near side and 251,000 square miles (650,000 square kilometers) of the far side. One of the images showed the Surveyor 2 lander on the lunar surface.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On Aug. 30, 1967, ground controllers commanded the vehicle to circularize its orbit to 99 miles (160 kilometers) in order to simulate an Apollo trajectory.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Later, on Oct. 9, 1967, the probe was intentionally crashed onto the lunar surface at 14 degrees 36 minutes north latitude and 91 degrees 42 minutes west longitude.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The photographs from the first three Lunar Orbiters allowed NASA scientists to pick eight preliminary landing sites for Apollo by early April 1967\u2014including site 2 in the Sea of Tranquility where Apollo 11 would land and site 5 in the Ocean of Storms where Apollo 12 (and also Surveyor 3) would disembark.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:40px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Key Source<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Siddiqi, Asif A. <a href=\"https:\/\/solarsystem-cms.jpl.nasa.gov\/resources\/1060\/beyond-earth-a-chronicle-of-deep-space-exploration\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Beyond Earth: A Chronicle of Deep Space Exploration, 1958-2016<\/a>. NASA History Program Office, 2018.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:40px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table aligncenter\"><table><tbody><tr><td>Objective(s)<\/td><td>Lunar Orbit<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Spacecraft<\/td><td>LO-C (Spacecraft 6)<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Spacecraft Mass<\/td><td>850 pounds (385.6 kilograms)<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Mission Design and Management<\/td><td>NASA \/ LaRC<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Launch Vehicle<\/td><td>Atlas Agena D (Atlas Agena D no. 20 \/ Atlas D no. 5803 \/ Agena D no. AD128\/6632)<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Launch Date and Time<\/td><td>Feb. 5, 1967 \/ 01:17:01 UT<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Launch Site<\/td><td>Cape Canaveral, Fla. \/ Launch Complex 13<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Scientific Instruments<\/td><td>1. Imaging System<br>2. Micrometeoroid Detectors<br>3. Radiation Dosimeters<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n<div id=\"\" class=\"width-full maxw-full bg-carbon-05 hds-cover-wrapper minh-tablet-lg hds-module hds-module-full wp-block-nasa-blocks-callout\">\n\t<div class=\"hds-foreground-wrapper padding-bottom-9 padding-top-9 display-flex\">\n\t\t<div class=\"grid-row grid-container grid-container-block margin-top-auto width-full maxw-desktop-lg padding-top-9 padding-x-3 z-400\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"grid-row grid-container grid-container-block margin-top-auto width-full maxw-desktop-lg padding-y-9 padding-x-3 z-400\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"grid-col-12 tablet:grid-col-12 desktop:grid-col-6 z-400\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"margin-0\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"page-heading-md font-weight-extrabold line-height-heading-1 color-spacesuit-white-important\">Lunar Orbiter 3 Image Catalog<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"p-lg margin-top-2 padding-0 margin-bottom-4 color-spacesuit-white-important\">Lunar Orbiter III is known as the site-confirmation mission. It was tasked to re-photograph 12 potential landing sites identified by LO I and II with a comprehensive array of vertical, oblique, and forward wide-angle stereo and convergent telephoto stereo photography. These data led to a down-select to eight candidate landing sites for early Apollo missions. This mission also targeted secondary sites of scientific interest on the lunar farside and at higher latitudes on the lunar nearside. The spacecraft was launched February 5, 1967. Between February 15 and 23 it produced 211 photographs during 54 orbits. Approximately 75% of the photographs were transmitted to Earth, but the remaining images were lost.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.lpi.usra.edu\/resources\/lunarorbiter\/mission\/?3\" target=\"_self\" class=\"button-primary  link-external-true\" rel=\"noopener\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"line-height-alt-1 color-spacesuit-white-important\" >\n\t\t\t\tLearn More                                    <span class=\"usa-sr-only\"> about Lunar Orbiter 3 Image Catalog<\/span>\n                \t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t<svg viewBox=\"0 0 32 32\" fill=\"none\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><circle class=\"button-primary-circle\" cx=\"16\" cy=\"16\" r=\"16\"><\/circle><path d=\"M8 16.956h12.604l-3.844 4.106 1.252 1.338L24 16l-5.988-6.4-1.252 1.338 3.844 4.106H8v1.912z\" class=\"color-spacesuit-white\"><\/path><\/svg>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"grid-col-12 tablet:grid-col-12 desktop:grid-col-6 z-400\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"skrim-overlay skrim-left mobile-skrim-top z-200\"><\/div>\n\t<figure class=\"hds-media-background  \"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1718\" height=\"2048\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/lunar-orbiter-3-image-catalog.jpg?w=1718\" class=\"attachment-2048x2048 size-2048x2048\" alt=\"Image of the moon's surface taken by Lunar Orbiter 3\" style=\"transform: scale(1); 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transform-origin: 50% 50%; object-position: 50% 50%; object-fit: cover;\" block_context=\"nasa-block\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/lunar-orbiter-moon-jf.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/lunar-orbiter-moon-jf.jpg?resize=300,283 300w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/lunar-orbiter-moon-jf.jpg?resize=768,725 768w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/lunar-orbiter-moon-jf.jpg?resize=1024,966 1024w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/lunar-orbiter-moon-jf.jpg?resize=400,378 400w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/lunar-orbiter-moon-jf.jpg?resize=600,566 600w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/lunar-orbiter-moon-jf.jpg?resize=900,849 900w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/lunar-orbiter-moon-jf.jpg?resize=1200,1133 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/figure>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"hds-gallery-preview-item \">\n\t\t<div class=\"hds-cover-wrapper width-full height-full\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"hds-media-background  \"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"88\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/hayn-crater-large-for-lunar-hydrogen-story.jpg?w=300\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" style=\"transform: scale(1); transform-origin: 50% 50%; object-position: 50% 50%; object-fit: cover;\" block_context=\"nasa-block\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/hayn-crater-large-for-lunar-hydrogen-story.jpg 2160w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/hayn-crater-large-for-lunar-hydrogen-story.jpg?resize=300,88 300w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/hayn-crater-large-for-lunar-hydrogen-story.jpg?resize=768,224 768w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/hayn-crater-large-for-lunar-hydrogen-story.jpg?resize=1024,299 1024w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/hayn-crater-large-for-lunar-hydrogen-story.jpg?resize=1536,448 1536w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/hayn-crater-large-for-lunar-hydrogen-story.jpg?resize=2048,597 2048w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/hayn-crater-large-for-lunar-hydrogen-story.jpg?resize=400,117 400w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/hayn-crater-large-for-lunar-hydrogen-story.jpg?resize=600,175 600w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/hayn-crater-large-for-lunar-hydrogen-story.jpg?resize=900,263 900w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/hayn-crater-large-for-lunar-hydrogen-story.jpg?resize=1200,350 1200w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/hayn-crater-large-for-lunar-hydrogen-story.jpg?resize=2000,583 2000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/figure>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"hds-gallery-preview-row hds-gallery-preview-row-1-2\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"hds-gallery-preview-item \">\n\t\t<div class=\"hds-cover-wrapper width-full height-full\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"hds-media-background  \"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"240\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/reiner-gamma-lunar-ink.jpg?w=240\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" style=\"transform: scale(1); 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transform-origin: 50% 50%; object-position: 50% 50%; object-fit: cover;\" block_context=\"nasa-block\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/lunar_orbiter_1_launch_2_spacecraft_2.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/lunar_orbiter_1_launch_2_spacecraft_2.jpg?resize=300,215 300w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/lunar_orbiter_1_launch_2_spacecraft_2.jpg?resize=768,550 768w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/lunar_orbiter_1_launch_2_spacecraft_2.jpg?resize=400,287 400w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/lunar_orbiter_1_launch_2_spacecraft_2.jpg?resize=600,430 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/figure>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"hds-gallery-preview-item \">\n\t\t<div class=\"hds-cover-wrapper width-full height-full\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"hds-media-background  \"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"236\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/lunar_orbiter_1_launch_3_camera_system_1967-l-05646_dxm.jpg?w=300\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" style=\"transform: scale(1); 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transform-origin: 50% 50%; object-position: 50% 50%; object-fit: cover;\" block_context=\"nasa-block\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/jsc2022e046413_orig.jpg 3840w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/jsc2022e046413_orig.jpg?resize=300,169 300w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/jsc2022e046413_orig.jpg?resize=768,432 768w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/jsc2022e046413_orig.jpg?resize=1024,576 1024w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/jsc2022e046413_orig.jpg?resize=1536,864 1536w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/jsc2022e046413_orig.jpg?resize=2048,1152 2048w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/jsc2022e046413_orig.jpg?resize=400,225 400w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/jsc2022e046413_orig.jpg?resize=600,338 600w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/jsc2022e046413_orig.jpg?resize=900,506 900w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/jsc2022e046413_orig.jpg?resize=1200,675 1200w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/jsc2022e046413_orig.jpg?resize=2000,1125 2000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1536px) 100vw, 1536px\" \/><\/figure>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/humans-in-space\/\" class=\"mobile:grid-col-12 tablet:grid-col-6 desktop:grid-col-3 topic-card margin-bottom-4 desktop:margin-bottom-0\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"hds-topic-card hds-cover-wrapper cover-hover-zoom bg-carbon-black\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"skrim-overlay skrim-overlay-dark skrim-left mobile-skrim-top padding-3 display-flex flex-align-end flex-justify-start z-200\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"hds-topic-card-heading heading-29 color-spacesuit-white line-height-sm margin-top-0 margin-bottom-1\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span>Humans In Space<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<svg viewBox=\"0 0 32 32\" fill=\"none\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><circle class=\"color-nasa-red\" cx=\"16\" cy=\"16\" r=\"16\"><\/circle><path d=\"M8 16.956h12.604l-3.844 4.106 1.252 1.338L24 16l-5.988-6.4-1.252 1.338 3.844 4.106H8v1.912z\" class=\"color-spacesuit-white\"><\/path><\/svg>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"hds-media-background  \"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"368\" height=\"560\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/topic-humans-in-space.jpg?w=368\" class=\"attachment-1536x1536 size-1536x1536\" alt=\"\" style=\"transform: scale(1); transform-origin: 50% 50%; object-position: 50% 50%; object-fit: cover;\" block_context=\"nasa-block\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/topic-humans-in-space.jpg 368w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/topic-humans-in-space.jpg?resize=197,300 197w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/topic-humans-in-space.jpg?resize=263,400 263w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 368px) 100vw, 368px\" \/><\/figure>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/the-apollo-program\/\" class=\"mobile:grid-col-12 tablet:grid-col-6 desktop:grid-col-3 topic-card margin-bottom-4 desktop:margin-bottom-0\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"hds-topic-card hds-cover-wrapper cover-hover-zoom bg-carbon-black\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"skrim-overlay skrim-overlay-dark skrim-left mobile-skrim-top padding-3 display-flex flex-align-end flex-justify-start z-200\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"hds-topic-card-heading heading-29 color-spacesuit-white line-height-sm margin-top-0 margin-bottom-1\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span>The Apollo Program<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<svg viewBox=\"0 0 32 32\" fill=\"none\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><circle class=\"color-nasa-red\" cx=\"16\" cy=\"16\" r=\"16\"><\/circle><path d=\"M8 16.956h12.604l-3.844 4.106 1.252 1.338L24 16l-5.988-6.4-1.252 1.338 3.844 4.106H8v1.912z\" class=\"color-spacesuit-white\"><\/path><\/svg>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"hds-media-background  \"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1920\" src=\"https:\/\/images-assets.nasa.gov\/image\/as14-66-09277\/as14-66-09277~large.jpg?w=1920&h=1920&fit=clip&crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint\" class=\"attachment-1536x1536 size-1536x1536\" alt=\"\" style=\"transform: scale(1); 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