1962 · Soviet Space Program
Mars 2a
failureMolniya 8K78 | Mars 2a
Mars lander mission which failed when the booster/spacecraft complex broke up during the burn to Mars trajectory.
Overview
- Date / time
- November 4, 1962 at 03:35 PM UTC
- Outcome
- failure
- Launch site
- 1/5
- Mission
- Mars 2a
- Mission type
- Robotic Exploration
- Orbit achieved
- Heliocentric N/A