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1959 THE FIRST IMAGES
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Probe observes alien world
→ Nobody had seen the far side of the Moon until the Soviet space probe Luna 3 flew by in 1959 and sent images back to Earth. Over the course of 40 minutes the probe managed to take 29 pictures, which covered 70% of the far side.
The fly-by was from the south pole to the north pole, and when the