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U.S. Launches Lunar Orbiter 3 to Scout Landing Sites
NASA sends Lunar Orbiter 3 on an Atlas Agena to photograph promising Apollo landing zones on the Moon. The mission aims to map hazards, preview Surveyor 1 sites, and possibly image the Kepler crater amid late 1960s lunar program delays.
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Cape Kennedy
United States
America
TINAL
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
NASA
Fite
Apollo
Moon
Surveyor
Ranger
Scientista
Lunar Orbiter 3
Kepler
Orbiter
Lee R. Scherer
Lamar Orbiter 2
Copernicus
Earth