The Lunar Orbiters developed their film in space using Kodak's BIMAT transfer-processing system.
Notes on verification
Confirmed by multiple independent authoritative sources including NASA/LPI mission documentation, George Eastman Museum collection records, and technical history articles, all consistently describing the Kodak Bimat film processing system used aboard Lunar Orbiter spacecraft. [tier=silver indep_score=0.833 clusters=3 claim_tier=notable]
Sources
- Moon photos from the 1960s were developed in space—here's how (seed:science_and_space)
- https://www.lpi.usra.edu/resources/lunar_orbiter/book/introduction.shtml (corroboration)
- https://hackaday.com/2018/08/02/the-photo-lab-that-flew-to-the-moon/ (corroboration)
- https://collections.eastman.org/objects/51483/lunar-orbiter-camera-payload (corroboration)
- https://www.lpi.usra.edu/lunar/missions/orbiter/ (corroboration)