Orion Probe Shares Photos Of 'Dark Side' Of The Moon

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Cue up your Pink Floyd records, because NASA's Orion probe is checking out the dark side of the moon.

The spacecraft captured photos of the Moon's seldom-seen far side last week, during the sixth day of its Artemis I mission.

the term 'dark side' is a misnomer, because both halves of the moon get the same amount of sunlight. But because the Earth and Moon are 'tidally locked', it's impossible to see the far side without taking a photo from space.

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