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- 1Luna 3 launched this day in 1959 to photograph Moon's far side●# OTD October 4 1959, the launch of USSR's Luna 3, first spaceship to photograph the far side of the Moon... # space
On October 4, 1959, the Soviet Union launched Luna 3, the first spacecraft to photograph the far side of the Moon. The mission returned the first-ever images of the Moon's hidden hemisphere weeks later, a landmark of the early space race. Space enthusiasts are marking the anniversary of the historic launch.