Each Lunar Orbiter carried two cameras—one high-resolution and one medium-resolution—and used 70-millimeter film rather than standard 35-millimeter film.
Notes on verification
Confirmed by NASA official pages, LPI/USRA program history, NASA SP-242 technical report, and independent space history sources; no contradicting evidence found. [tier=gold indep_score=0.95 clusters=3 claim_tier=notable]
Sources
- Moon photos from the 1960s were developed in space—here's how (seed:science_and_space)
- https://www.nasa.gov/lunar-orbiters/ (corroboration)
- https://www.lpi.usra.edu/lunar/missions/orbiter/ (corroboration)
- https://www.drewexmachina.com/2016/08/14/lunar-orbiter-1-americas-first-lunar-satellite/ (corroboration)
- https://ntrs.nasa.gov/api/citations/19710026703/downloads/19710026703.pdf (corroboration)