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Lunar Orbiter

American  

noun

U.S. Aerospace.
  1. one of a series of space probes that orbited and photographed the moon in 1966 and 1967.


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For the study, the researchers primarily used data from Lunar Orbiter Laser Altimeter and Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter Camera, instruments onboard NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter, which has been orbiting the Moon since 2009.

From Science Daily May 29, 2024

The $200 million Korea Pathfinder Lunar Orbiter, also called Danuri—“enjoy the Moon” in Korean—will study the Moon from a polar orbit for at least a year.

From Science Magazine Aug. 10, 2022

Originally known as the Korea Pathfinder Lunar Orbiter, the mission was given the name Danuri after it became the winning entry in a naming contest.

From New York Times Aug. 5, 2022

On August 23, 1966, NASA's Lunar Orbiter 1 took the first photo of Earth from the moon's orbit, and it forever changed how we see our home planet.

From US News Aug. 23, 2011

Not until more than six years later did Lunar Orbiter 1 televise similar shots to the U.S.

From Time Magazine Archive

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