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Moon surface photo taken with Lunar Orbiter V

97-740
Accession Number
97-740
8x10 inches (21x26 cm)
Black & White
Printer-Friendly Version
NAID 350900996
Related Collection
Webb, James E. Papers
Keywords
Moon exploration
Space sciences
HST Keywords
Lunar Orbiter V; National Aeruonautics and Space Administration
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National Aeronautics and Space Administration

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Description
This is a portion of an oblique photograph (top is west) of the lunar surface taken by Lunar Orbiter V on August 10, 1967, when the spacecraft was 60 miles above the lunar surface. This telephoto view shows the elongated crater Messier (lower) and the crater Messier A (top left) at 47 degrees East longitude and 2 degrees South latitude. Messier is about 8 miles long, six miles wide, and about 4,000 feet deep. The material thrown from the crater is readily seen on the floor of the mare (lunar sea) in which both craters are located. Features associated with the movements of loosened rocks and material down the slope of the inner walls can be seen. The crater Messier A is about 8 miles in diameter. Lunar Orbiter V was one of a series of NASA spacecraft managed by the Langley Research Center, Hampton, Virginia. Prime spacecraft contractor is Boeing Company, Seattle, Washington.
Date(s)
August 10, 1967