As rocket scientist and astronautics pioneer Konstantin Tsiolkovsky once said, ... It would name a crater, the Wan Hoo Crater, after the world’s first aeronaut.

This narrated "best-of" tour of the moon includes photos of Orientale Basin, Shackleton crater, South Pole-Aitken Basin, Tycho crater, Aristarchus Plateau, Mare Serenitatis, Compton-Belkovich ...

The impressive Tsiolkovsky Crater, first identified by Luna 3, is over 100 miles (160 km) wide and has a central peak that rises some 10,500 feet (3,200 m) above the crater floor.

It most likely would be sited inside a shielded region such as Tsiolkovsky crater, which would potentially offer limited protection from errant galactic cosmic rays and solar flares.

A = Mare Moscoviense, B = Tsiolkovsky Crater with central peak, C = Mare Smythii (on the near side-far side border) and D = Mare Crisium (near side). Credit: Roscosmos.

South Korea’s first lunar orbiter is already making great strides. The Korea Pathfinder Lunar Orbiter (KPLO), which is also known as Danuri, reached lunar orbit in mid-December of 2022.

View Crater Tsiolkovsky, the most striking feature of the backside of the Moon, as first seen by humans, 21-27 December 1968 by NASA and Frank Borman on artnet. Browse upcoming and past auction lots ...

Tsiolkovsky crater, named after the famous Russian rocket scientist, photographed on Apollo 8. The crater was first named by Russians when photographed from the Luna III spacecraft, 1968.

The 22 km- (14 mi-) diameter lunar impact crater on the far side of the Moon known as Giordano Bruno is named after Italian philosopher, poet, and cosmological theorist Giordano Bruno (1548–1600).

View [Apollo 8] THE FIRST COLOR PHOTOGRAPH OF TSIOLKOVSKY, THE MOST STRIKING CRATER ON THE MOON'S FARSIDE, CAPTURED BY HUMANS (1968) By Borman Frank; Vintage chromogenic print; 20.3 x 25.4 cm. (8 x 10 ...

Visible lunar features in the image include the Straight Wall (Rupes Recta), Rima Birt (Birt Rille), the Apelles-Telgis crater, the Brill crater, and other lunar surface characteristics.