The far side of the Moon was observed for the first time in 1959, thanks to the USSR's Luna 3 space mission.
The radio-controlled Luna 3 lunar program was a huge success, with 20 missions to the Moon conducted between January 1959 and October 1970. The AFA-E1 camera on the space mission captured almost 29 pictures, which were promptly relayed back to Earth. On this day, October 7, 1959, the Soviet spacecraft Luna 3 snapped approximately 29 pictures of the Moon's far side for the first time.
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