Cook Islands 2009 Fly Me to the Moon! 40th & 50th Anniversaries 25g Silver Coin

Cook Islands 2009 Fly Me to the Moon! 40th & 50th Anniversaries 25g Silver CoinCook Islands 2009 Fly Me to the Moon! 40th & 50th Anniversaries 25g Silver Coin. By launching the space probe Luna 3 on October 4, 1959 the Soviet Union initiated a new step for the footrace to the moon. With a small camera the space probe succeeded to take first photos of the earths averted side of the moon which no human being has ever seen before – dark side of the moon. The pictures were of poor quality; however the highlands and lowlands were clearly