SpaceSilicon Canalsabout 3 hours ago
In 1959, the Soviet Luna 3 probe swung around the far side of the Moon carrying a camera loaded with film salvaged from downed American spy balloons that developed its own film onboard, scanned the negatives with a photocell, and radioed 17 grainy frames back to Earth, the first images humans had ever seen of a hemisphere no one on the planet had ever laid eyes on
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In 1959, the Soviet Luna 3 probe photographed the Moon's far side using film salvaged from downed American spy balloons. The probe developed the film onboard, scanned negatives with a photocell, and radioed 17 grainy frames to Earth. The images revealed a hemisphere covered in bright highlands with almost no dark maria.
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