Taking a picture at 350.000km from home

Recently I got obsessed with Sergei Korolev and his achievements during the short period of time he governed de Soviet Space Program. And in particular, I got really confused with the Lunik III story. The more I read, the more I didn’t understand. So in order to be able to comprehend how the USSR was able to take a picture of the dark side of the Moon in 1959, I dove deep in the issue and simulated the process. This is the result of this obsession.

[I’ll try to make an English version soon]

Posted in Animation Video, Documentary, outreach.