Close Up of the Moon A Look at Lunar Orbiter ca 1966 ca 1971

This film provides, through animation and live action sequences, an overview of the aims of the Lunar Orbiter program, and describes in detail the mechanics of the satellite's photographic operation -- the shooting, storing, and subsequent transmitting back to Earth photographs of the moon. The film also provides an explanation of the navigational control of the Lunar Orbiter.

Creator(s): National Aeronautics and Space Administration. (10/01/1958 - ) (Most Recent)

Series: Headquarters' Films Relating to Aeronautics, compiled 1962 - 1981
Record Group 255: Records of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, 1903 - 2006

Contact(s): National Archives at College Park - Motion Pictures (RD-DC-M), National Archives at College Park, 8601 Adelphi Road
College Park, MD 20740-6001, Phone: 301-837-3540
Fax: 301-837-3620, Email: mopix@nara.gov

National Archives Identifier: 1257288
Local Identifier: 255-HQ-169

http://research.archives.gov/description/1257288

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