🔬 First look at the far side of the Moon (1959)
Where: Baikonur Cosmodrome (launch site)
📅 On This Day: October 7
October 7, 1959: First look at the far side of the Moon. The Moon always shows Earth the same face. On this day in 1959, the Soviet probe Luna 3 took the first photos of its hidden far side. They showed that the far side has hardly any of the big dark 'seas' we see on the near side.
✨ More events on this day
- 1913 💡 Ford Motor Company started the first moving assembly line for building cars. Cars rolled past workers on a conveyor, making them much faster and cheaper to build.
- 1919 💡 KLM, the national airline of the Netherlands, was founded. It is the oldest airline in the world still flying under its original name.
- 2008 🚀 A small asteroid called 2008 TC3 blazed into the sky over Sudan. It was the first time scientists spotted an asteroid before it hit Earth, and people later collected its meteorites.
🧠 Question of the day
What did Luna 3 photograph for the first time?
- A mountain on Mars
- Sunspots
- The far side of the Moon
Show the answer
Answer: The far side of the Moon
Questions
What happened on October 7?
October 7, 1959: First look at the far side of the Moon. It happened in Baikonur Cosmodrome (launch site).
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Source: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luna_3