55 Years Since the World Sees the Moon's Far Side

55 years ago today mankind first glimpsed the far side of the Moon. You're looking at that first grainy image of an unknown landscape. The first photograph of the far side of the Moon, taken on October 7th, 1959 by Soviet spacecraft Luna 3.Credit: Wikimedia Commons On October 7th 1959, Soviet spacecraft Luna 3 ventured further than any previous spacecraft and first imaged the far side of the Moon. Luna 3 snapped a total of 29 images of the sunlit, mountainous landscape from a height of about...