NASA posted a tweet that said humans would see the far side of the moon for the first time today as Artemis goes around.
Apollo had a number of missions that orbited the moon
NASA posted a tweet that said humans would see the far side of the moon for the first time today as Artemis goes around.
Apollo had a number of missions that orbited the moon
As far as I understand it, Apollo did pass over the far side of the moon, but there was no window oriented toward the moon surface. So they could not See it directly through a window. This seems to be different with Artemis, because they are facing the moon surface.
Wikipedia isn’t usually wrong about stuff like this. Apollo 8 specifically
Thank you for the correction. I think I have to improve my research.