NASA IS PLANNING FIRST-EVER VISIT TO THE DARK SIDE OF THE MOON

According to a new report, NASA is planning future missions to the dark side of the moon. The plans call for three commercial delivery missions that will happen through multiple trips per year to aid in further research of the lunar property.

“These investigations demonstrate the power of CLPS to deliver big science in small packages, providing access to the lunar surface to address high priority science goals for the Moon,” said director of NASA’s Planetary Science Division Lori Glaze in a statement. “When scientists analyze these new data alongside lunar samples returned from Apollo and data from our many orbital missions, they will advance our knowledge of the lunar surface and interior, and increase our understanding of crucial phenomenon such as space weathering to inform future crewed missions to the Moon and beyond.”