Let γ:[0,1]→S2 be a non-degenerate curve in R3, that is to say, det(γ(θ),γ′(θ),γ′′(θ))=0. For each θ∈[0,1], let lθ={tγ(θ):t∈R} and ρθ:R3→lθ be the orthogonal projections. We prove an exceptional set estimate. For any Borel set A⊂R3 and 0≤s≤1, define Es(A):={θ∈[0,1]:dim(ρθ(A))<s}. We have dim(Es(A))≤1+2s−dim(A).