Though taken Oct. 7, 1959, the first image of the far side of the moon was not transmitted back to Earth until 11 days later.
The space probe Luna 3 takes the first photographs of the dark side of the moon. The radio-controlled Luna 3 was part of the Soviet Union's highly successful lunar program, which completed 20 missions to the moon between January 1959 and October 1970.
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