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Telescopes and space missions

Telescopes and space missions

(Courtesy: Chinese Lunar Exploration Program)
03 Jul 2019
Taken from the July 2019 issue of Physics World.

The far side of the Moon remained an untouched territory until a Chinese lander, called Chang’e-4, touched down in the region earlier this year. Ling Xin examines the consequences for our understanding of Earth’s nearest neighbour

When the Soviet spacecraft Luna 3 sent back the first images of the far side of the Moon in October

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