Q942814

Luna 3, or E-2A No.1, was a Soviet spacecraft launched in 1959 as part of the Luna programme. It was the first mission to photograph the far side of the Moon and the third Soviet space probe to be sent to the neighborhood of the Moon. The historic, never-before-seen views of the far side of the Moon caused excitement and interest when they were published around the world, and a tentative Atlas of the Far Side of the Moon was created from the pictures.

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1959  Wikimedia, Wikidata
E-2A No. 1; E-2A No.1
lunar probe, circumlunar trajectory, Luna 8K72, 

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1959 Luna 3

1959-10-06T00:00:00Z

1959-10-06T00:00:00Z

planetary flyby

1959-10-04T00:00:00Z

1959-10-04T00:00:00Z

rocket launch

1960-04-29T00:00:00Z

1960-04-29T00:00:00Z

atmospheric entry

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Glasingo 290224 16

Convert ru kosmos166

Luna-3 phototelegraph system at Tsiolkovsky State Museum of the History of Cosmonautics

Luna 3 - Flickr - brewbooks

1959 Events montage 16-grid version

Glasingo 290224 14

Glasingo 290224 15

Type	Subtype	Date	Description	Notes	Source
commons	image		Glasingo 290224 16		Commons
commons	image		Convert ru kosmos166		Commons
commons	image		Luna-3 phototelegraph system at Tsiolkovsky State Museum of the History of Cosmonautics		Commons
commons	image		Luna 3 - Flickr - brewbooks		Commons
commons	image		1959 Events montage 16-grid version		Commons
commons	image		Glasingo 290224 14		Commons
commons	image		Glasingo 290224 15		Commons