Lunar Orbiter 3 photographed the Moon from February 15 to 23, 1967, and confirmed safe landing sites for the Apollo program.
Notes on verification
Confirmed by NASA mission pages, Wikipedia, and LPI/USRA sources; dates and mission purpose consistently corroborated. [cascade flags: wikipedia_dropped_other_sources_exist | tier=silver indep_score=0.95 clusters=3 claim_tier=everyday]
Sources
- Moon photos from the 1960s were developed in space—here's how (seed:science_and_space)
- https://science.nasa.gov/mission/lunar-orbiter-3/ (corroboration)
- https://www.lpi.usra.edu/resources/lunarorbiter/ (corroboration)
- https://moonregistry.forallmoonkind.org/lunar-orbiter-3/ (corroboration)