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First photos of lunar farside

First photos of lunar farside
Who
Luna III
What
First
When
07 October 1959
The first photographic images of the hidden side of the Moon were collected by the Soviet Luna III from 6:30a.m. on 7 Oct 1959 from a range of up to 70,400km 43,750miles and transmitted to the Earth from a distance of 470,000km 292,000miles.