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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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