https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/china-makes-historic-1st-landing-on-mysterious-far-side-of-the-moon/ > Humanity just planted its flag on the far side of the moon. > China's robotic Chang'e 4 mission touched down on the floor of the 115-mile-wide (186 kilometers) Von Kármán Crater Wednesday night (Jan. 2), pulling off the first-ever soft landing on the mysterious lunar far side.