Astronotes Armagh Planetarium's Stellar Blog! ... Moon . ... According to Ron Miller, author of the respected history of spaceship concepts The Dream Machines , the first known appearance of the tale in print was in the 2 October Тљ1909 issue of Scientific American where the hero was named т??Wang Tuт?? ... Naming a crater after Wan Hu т??the legendary Chinese inventorт?? was proposed shortly after the Soviet probe Zond 3 flew past the Moon in July 1965 returning images of the Moon?s western farside. ...