Oct. 7, 1959: Luna 3’s Images From the Dark Side, Wired “Luna 3’s mission objective was to provide the first photographs from the moon’s far side. To achieve this, the probe was equipped with a dual-lens 35mm camera, one a 200mm, f/5.6 aperture, the other a 500mm, f/9.5. The photo sequencing was automatically triggered when … Continue reading Luna 3 And the Far Side of the Moon