Artemis II images reignite moon mission memories | Letters

Dr Nigel Fairweather and Philip Clarke on the newly released Nasa photographs showing the far side of the moonThere has been much excitement about the crew of Artemis II seeing the far side of the moon (Artemis II swings back around after completing record-setting moon flyby, 6 April). Let us remember that on 7 October 1959 the Soviet spacecraft Luna 3 (also known as Lunik 3) photographed the back of the moon for the first time. A picture was sent down to Earth and printed in Pravda newspaper us...