The far side of the moon is one of the most controversial questions in science. Scientists have spent most of their lives solving this mystery.

The Apollo missions brought with them lunar samples, which contributed to revealing important facts about the moon. Studying the gravitational field of the Moon has prompted new missions to its gravitational field, and scientist Mark Witchuk's mission to produce the most accurate map of the lunar surface. The most prominent questions surrounding the moon lay in the place in its first place in the Earth's orbit.