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Home / Cosmos / Moon / The same side of the Moon always faces Earth because it rotates and revolves at the same rate

The same side of the Moon always faces Earth because it rotates and revolves at the same rate

Updated on May 17, 2024February 6, 2023
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The first known time humans have seen the other side of the Moon was in 1959 when a Soviet spacecraft flew past the dark side of the Moon.

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