This newly retrieved high resolution image, frame 3080_H2, was taken by Lunar Orbiter 3 on 17 February 1967 at 21:09 GMT LPI reference. Images: [large at LOIRP] [Very Large at NASA NLSI]
Lunar Orbiter 3 Image 3080_H2
Lunar Orbiter 3 Image 3110_H1
This newly retrieved high resolution image, frame 3110_H1, was taken by Lunar Orbiter 3 on 17 February 1967 at 21:09 GMT LPI reference. Images: [large at LOIRP] [Very Large at NASA NLSI]
Lunar Orbiter 3 Image 3200_H2
This newly retrieved high resolution image, frame 3200_H2, was taken by Lunar Orbiter 3 on 22 February 1967 at 05:24 GMT LPI reference. Images: [large at LOIRP] [Very Large at NASA NLSI]
Lunar Orbiter 3 Image 3200_H1
This newly retrieved high resolution image, frame 3200_H1, was taken by Lunar Orbiter 3 on 22 February 1967 at 05:24 GMT LPI reference. Images: [large at LOIRP] [Very Large at NASA NLSI]
Lunar Orbiter 3 Image 3033_M
This newly retrieved medium resolution image, frame 3033_M, was taken by Lunar Orbiter 3 on 15 February 1967 at 17:01 GMT LPI reference. Images: [large at LOIRP] [Very Large at NASA NLSI]
Lunar Orbiter 3 Image 3019_M
This newly retrieved medium resolution image, frame 3019_M, was taken by Lunar Orbiter 3 on 15 February 1967 at 10:01 GMT LPI reference. Images: [large at LOIRP] [Very Large at NASA NLSI]
Lunar Orbiter 3 Image 3017_M
This newly retrieved medium resolution image, frame 3017_M, was taken by Lunar Orbiter 3 on 15 February 1967 at 10:01 GMT LPI reference. Images: [large at LOIRP] [Very Large at NASA NLSI]
Lunar Orbiter 3 Image 3073_M
This newly retrieved medium resolution image, frame 3073_M, was taken by Lunar Orbiter 3 on 17 February 1967 at 03:41 GMT LPI reference. Images: [large at LOIRP] [Very Large at NASA NLSI]
Lunar Orbiter 3 Image 3011_M
This newly retrieved medium resolution image, frame 3011_M, was taken by Lunar Orbiter 3 on 15 February 1967 at 10:00 GMT LPI reference. Images: [large at LOIRP] [Very Large at NASA NLSI]
Lunar Orbiter 3 Image 3031_M
This newly retrieved medium resolution image, frame 3031_M, was taken by Lunar Orbiter 3 on 15 February 1967 at 13:32 GMT LPI reference. Images: [large at LOIRP] [Very Large at NASA NLSI]
Lunar Orbiter 3 Image 3113_H3
This newly retrieved medium resolution image, frame 3113_H3, was taken by Lunar Orbiter 3 on 19 February 1967 at 07:53 GMT LPI reference. Images: [large at LOIRP] [Very Large at NASA NLSI]
Saving History Before It Is Gone
Fading History: Vintage Films And Photos Crumbling To Dust, Forbes
Between 1966 and 1967, NASA sent five Lunar Orbiter spacecraft to the moon to capture images before the arrival of Apollo 11, which landed on the lunar suface July 20, 1969. Forty years later, while preparing for the historic anniversary, NASA began a frantic search for those images after a well-publicized loss of the original video of the Apollo 11 landing. Fortunately, the Lunar Orbiter tapes were found. Because the compatible tape players hadn’t been manufactured since 1975, it took a multi-year effort to refurbish a player in order to read the obsolete tapes. The results were stunning images at digital resolutions never seen before.