Stöfler is a large lunar impact crater located in the crater-dotted southern highlands. British astronomer T. W. Webb noted it "has a very level interior, crossed by two rays from Tycho, and containin
Lunar Orbiter 4 image of Stofler, with Faraday on the southeast rim
Lunar Orbiter 4 was a robotic U.S. spacecraft, part of the Lunar Orbiter Program, designed to orbit the Moon, after the three previous orbiters had completed the required needs for Apollo mapping and
Image taken by Lunar Orbiter 4, showing the Moon with a crescent Earth in the background. Enhanced by LOIRP.
Replica of a Lunar Orbiter spacecraft
Spacecraft orbit and photographic coverage on the near side (left) and far side (right)
Launch of Lunar Orbiter 4 from an Atlas-Agena rocket on May 4, 1967