Our First Glimpse of the Dark Side of the Moon

The dark side of the moon is full of mystery, and according to some, evil robots, but, in 1959 Luna 3 was able to shed some light on it for the first time. Hosted By: Reid Reimers SciShow is on TikTok! Check us out at https://www.tiktok.com/@scishow ---------- Support SciShow Space by becoming a patron on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/SciShowSpace ---------- Huge thanks go to the following Patreon supporter for helping us keep SciShow Space free for everyone forever: GrowingViolet & Jason A Saslow! ---------- Like SciShow? Want to help support us, and also get things to put on your walls, cover your torso and hold your liquids? Check out our awesome products over at DFTBA Records: http://dftba.com/scishow ---------- Looking for SciShow elsewhere on the internet? SciShow Tangents Podcast: http://www.scishowtangents.org Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/scishow Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/scishow Instagram: http://instagram.com/thescishow ---------- Sources: https://moon.nasa.gov/resources/26/first-photo-of-the-lunar-farside/ https://spacecentre.co.uk/blog-post/dark-side-of-the-moon-blog/ https://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/nmc/spacecraft/display.action?id=1959-008A https://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/handle/2027.42/3186 https://moon.nasa.gov/resources/47/journey-to-the-moon/ https://www2.physics.ox.ac.uk/accelerate/resources/demonstrations/cathode-ray-tube https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007%2F978-94-011-7062-8_6 https://computer.howstuffworks.com/monitor7.htm https://science.jrank.org/pages/1274/Cathode-Ray-Tube-Display-screen.html#ixzz77Q9uHOyW IMAGES https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Back_side_of_the_Moon_AS16-3021.jpg https://moon.nasa.gov/resources/26/first-photo-of-the-lunar-farside/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Luna-3_(Memorial_Museum_of_Astronautics).JPG https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Luna-3_phototelegraph_system_at_Tsiolkovsky_State_Museum_of_the_History_of_Cosmonautics.jpg https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Kat%C3%B3dsugarak_m%C3%A1gneses_mez%C5%91ben(2).jpg https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Kat%C3%B3dsugarak_m%C3%A1gneses_mez%C5%91ben(1).jpg https://www.istockphoto.com/vector/no-signal-tv-illustration-interference-noise-tv-screen-interfering-signal-retro-gm1056371988-282311360 https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Luna3-trajectory-eng.svg https://www.istockphoto.com/photo/earth-and-moon-gm157504004-10792286 https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/4109 https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:ChangE-4_-_PCAM.png https://www.istockphoto.com/photo/television-gm183357700-14792224