Our First Glimpse of the Dark Side of the Moon

The dark side of the moon is full of mystery, and according to some, evil robots, but, in 1959 Luna 3 was able to shed some light on it for the first time.

Hosted By: Reid Reimers

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Sources:

https://moon.nasa.gov/resources/26/first-photo-of-the-lunar-farside/
https://spacecentre.co.uk/blog-post/dark-side-of-the-moon-blog/
https://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/nmc/spacecraft/display.action?id=1959-008A
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Luna-3_(Memorial_Museum_of_Astronautics).JPG
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Luna-3_phototelegraph_system_at_Tsiolkovsky_State_Museum_of_the_History_of_Cosmonautics.jpg
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https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Luna3-trajectory-eng.svg
https://www.istockphoto.com/photo/earth-and-moon-gm157504004-10792286
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