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Mare Moscoviense
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Mare Moscoviense is a lunar mare that sits in the Moscoviense basin. It is one of the very few maria on the far side of the Moon.
Mare Moscoviense
Mare Moscoviense
Mare Moscoviense from Apollo 13
Mare Moscoviense from Apollo 13
Oblique view from Apollo 16, with the mare at the horizon. The outer basin rings are subtle but visible in this view.
Oblique view from Apollo 16, with the mare at the horizon. The outer basin rings are subtle but visible in this view.
Luna 3
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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 sen
Mare Moscoviense
…concepts', with a few exceptions. Mare Moscoviense was discovered in 1959, when the first images of the far side were returned by the Soviet spacecraft Luna 3. The name was proposed by the Soviet Union, but was only accepted by the International Astronomical Union when Audouin Dollfus argued that Moscow is a…
A 1:1 scale model at the Memorial Museum of Cosmonautics in Moscow
A 1:1 scale model at the Memorial Museum of Cosmonautics in Moscow
Luna 3 mission on a Soviet stamp
Luna 3 mission on a Soviet stamp
Luna 3 phototelegraph system at Tsiolkovsky State Museum of the History of Cosmonautics
Luna 3 phototelegraph system at Tsiolkovsky State Museum of the History of Cosmonautics
The first view returned by Luna 3 showed the far side of the Moon was very different from the near side, most noticeably in its lack of lunar maria (t
The first view returned by Luna 3 showed the far side of the Moon was very different from the near side, most noticeably in its lack of lunar maria (the dark areas)