Launch Success
Liftoff Time (GMT)
19:26:00
Wednesday August 10, 1966
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The Lunar Orbiter 1 robotic spacecraft, part of NASA's Lunar Orbiter program, was the first American spacecraft to orbit the Moon. It was designed primarily to photograph smooth areas of the lunar surface for selection and verification of safe landing sites for the Surveyor and Apollo missions. It was also equipped to collect selenodetic, radiation intensity, and micrometeoroid impact data.
Trans Lunar Injection
1 Payload
386 kilograms
76th
Mission
14th
Mission of 1966
80th
Orbital launch attempt