1959 · Soviet Space Program
Luna-2a
failureVostok-L 8K72 | Luna-2a
Luna E-1 number 5 was a Soviet spacecraft intended to impact the moon but was lost in a launch failure.
Overview
- Date / time
- June 18, 1959 at 08:08 AM UTC
- Outcome
- failure
- Launch site
- 1/5
- Mission
- Luna-2a
- Mission type
- Lunar Exploration
- Orbit achieved
- Lunar Impactor