kottke.org2d ago
A visual history of exploring the far side of the Moon. “The Moon is tidally locked, meaning that only one side of the Moon ever faces the Earth. [For millenia,] there was an entire half of our natural satellite that no human had ever seen before.” https://invertingvision.com/2026/04/06/exploring-the-far-side-of-the-moon-a-visual-history/
Exploring the Far Side of the Moon: A Visual History

Lunar exploration has always held a strange position in the history of exploration. For all of human history, people have been staring up at the Moon, and for centuries astronomer used telescopes t…

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Humans saw the far side of the moon back in the 1960s.
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