The moon takes 29.5 days to make a full rotation, and just about the same amount of time to go around the earth, meaning that no matter where on earth we are, we always see the same side of the moon.

Just as it passed the far side of the moon, its cameras started exploring the far side of Earth’s satellite, focusing on the 30% that its predecessor, Luna 3 had missed, taking one picture every two minutes and 15 seconds for a total period of one hour and 8 minutes.

Modern exploration to the mysterious dark side revealed dramatic surprises and revised theories about the moon's formation. Russian probes returned the first images of the Lunar far side and the first images from the Lunar surface. The new image is part of new global map of the moon for future lunar exploration.

NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter probe has snapped the most detailed picture yet of the far side of the moon. A few days ago, China landed a rover on the far side of the moon and captured the first ground image of this hemisphere. While a manned landing was never accomplished, the final phase of Soviet exploration included a number of impressive robotic missions, returning samples and roving the surface. Earth's gravity is so strong we only see one side of the orbiting moon.