1960 · United States Air Force
P-31
failureAtlas-Able | P-31
An intended lunar orbiter the vehicle was destroyed when the launch vehicle exploded due to a malfunction in the first stage.
Overview
- Date / time
- December 15, 1960 at 09:10 AM UTC
- Outcome
- failure
- Launch site
- Launch Complex 12
- Mission
- P-31
- Mission type
- Planetary Science
- Orbit achieved
- Lunar Orbit