Editing Luna programme (section)

=== Flybys ===
[[File:FP2A3122 (23497693608).jpg|thumb|Luna 3 flyby spacecraft model]]
A flyby is the simplest lunar spacecraft, requiring neither a propulsion device for slowing, nor a guidance system sensitive enough to hit the Moon. Flyby spacecraft had the generic designations of '''Ye-2''' and '''Ye-3''' ('''E-2''' and '''E-3''' depending on transliteration from Russian).<ref>{{Cite web |title=Luna Ye-2A |url=https://space.skyrocket.de/doc_sdat/luna_e2a.htm |access-date=2023-09-26 |website=Gunter's Space Page |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Luna Ye-3 |url=https://space.skyrocket.de/doc_sdat/luna_e3.htm |access-date=2023-09-26 |website=Gunter's Space Page |language=en}}</ref> Their function was to transmit photographs back to Earth. [[Luna 3]] (October 1959) rounded the Moon later that year, and returned the first photographs of its [[Far side (Moon)|far side]], which can never be seen from [[Earth]].<ref name=siddiqi2/> This was Luna's only successful flyby, out of three tries from October 1959 to April 1960.