Astronauts to be sent to the far side of the moon for first time in 40 years in pre-Mars mission | Mail Online: "Scientists are planning to explore the far side of the Moon using a manned spacecraft for the first since since the Apollo landings of 1968.
Engineers with aerospace giant Lockheed Martin want to send up astronauts into stationary orbit above Earth's best-known natural satellite to study it further.
The firm hopes to use remote controlled robots dispatched from their spacecraft to collect samples and explore the South Pole-Aitken basin on the Moon, one of the oldest craters in the solar system.
Crucially they also hope it will serve as a test for a future possible mission to Mars - the six month trip would see if the equipment and the astronauts - most likely from the US - were capable of enduring long-term space travel."
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