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Luna-3
Vostok-L 8K72 · Lunar Exploration
19591/5, Baikonur Cosmodrome
Mission
Luna 3 was a Soviet spacecraft and was the first ever mission to photograph the far side of the moon.
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Mission Facts
- Provider
- Soviet Space Program
- Rocket
- Vostok-L 8K72
- Orbit
- Lunar flyby
- Pad
- 1/5
- NET precision
- Year
- Data source
- LL2