- (1959: Soviet Luna 3 probe first observes the 82% of the dark side that is never visible from Earth; published 1960)
- China's Chang'e 4 (launched Dec 2018, landed Jan 3, 2019): first landing on far side; deploys Yutu-2 lunar rover.
- 2024: China's Chang'e 6 sample-return mission:
launched 3 May 2024, landed Jun 1, 2024 (in the Apollo basin in southern hemisphere of lunar far side), returned to Earth June 25 2024 with humanity's first lunar samples retrieved from the far side.
- (1959: Soviet Luna 3 probe first observes the 82% of the dark side that is never visible from Earth; published 1960)
- China's Chang'e 4 (launched Dec 2018, landed Jan 3, 2019): first landing on far side; deploys Yutu-2 lunar rover.
- 2024: China's Chang'e 6 sample-return mission: launched 3 May 2024, landed Jun 1, 2024 (in the Apollo basin in southern hemisphere of lunar far side), returned to Earth June 25 2024 with humanity's first lunar samples retrieved from the far side.