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Zond 3 was a 1964 space probe sent toward Mars as a spacecraft test. It was a member of the Soviet Zond program sharing designation Zond while being part of Mars 3MV project. It was unrelated to Zond spacecraft designed for manned circumlunar mission (Soyuz 7K-L1). Zond 3 completed a successful Lunar flyby taking a number of good quality photographs for its time.