Saturday, October 29, 2022

Lunar Orbiter 1 crashes onto the moon 1966


Lunar Orbiter 1, launched in August 1966, impacted the moon after a successful mission, on October 29, 1966.  It reached lunar orbit on August 14 and took pictures of the surface to look for safe landing sites for future moon missions.  It photographed over 5 million square kilometers, through September 14. 

It finally impacted the lunar surface October 29.

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