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Today in History: First US Orbiter launched to orbit Moon

New Delhi: The first American spacecraft to orbit the Moon was launched on 10th of August 1966.The spacecraft was named as Lunar Orbiter 1 robotic. It was part of the Lunar Orbiter program. The Lunar

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India TV News Desk Published : Aug 09, 2013 15:04 IST Updated : Aug 10, 2013 6:33 IST

New Delhi: The first American spacecraft to orbit the Moon was launched on 10th of August 1966.

The spacecraft was named as Lunar Orbiter 1 robotic. It was part of the Lunar Orbiter program.

The Lunar Orbiter program was a series of five unmanned lunar orbiter missions launched by the United States from 1966 through 1967.

Intended to help select Apollo landing sites by mapping the Moon's surface, they provided the first photographs from lunar orbit.

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