X-Nico

unusual facts about far side of the Moon



Luna 3

Though it returned rather poor pictures by later standards, 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 after image processing improved the pictures.


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Jean-Sébastien Côté

Since 1999, he has been working with Canadian director Robert Lepage, designing the sound and / or composing the music for many of his plays like The Blue Dragon, The Andersen Project, The Far Side of the Moon and Zulu Time.

Lunar Infrastructure for Exploration

The Lunar Infrastructure for Exploration (LIFE) is a project to build a space telescope on the far side of the Moon, and is actively promoted by EADS Astrium Space Transportation of Germany and the Netherlands Foundation for Research in Astronomy ASTRON.