It wasn’t until 1959 when the Soviet Luna 3 probe gave us our first glimpse of the Moon’s far side, and it wasn’t until 2019 when the Chang’e 4 mission made the first soft landing.

Why ‘Dark Side of the Moon’ still matters at 50, and not just to dads. Pink Floyd’s masterpiece maintains a cross-generational appeal that has made it among the best-selling albums of all time.

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The moon's near side and far side are quite different in terms of their composition. The rock types between the two sides vary, as well as the topography and thorium concentration, Hu says.

Chinese probe lands on ‘dark’ side of the moon to collect rare samples. The mission could be the first to retrieve samples from the far side of the moon, as a space rivalry between the United ...

From left: Nick Mason, David Gilmour, Roger Waters and Richard Wright of Pink Floyd. The group’s 1973 album, “The Dark Side of the Moon,” has had a long life on radio playlists and the ...

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Because, as you listen to it in 2023, 50 years after its release, “Dark Side of the Moon” somehow still manages to leave you feeling like something inside you has changed irreversibly.

They estimated the water abundance at less than 1.5 micrograms per gram, on the dry end of what’s been found in samples gathered over past decades from the moon’s near side.