1965 · Soviet Space Program
Luna-5
successMolniya 8K78 | Luna-5
Ye-6 series probe designed to land on the Moon. Impacted the Moon due to a ground control error.
Overview
- Date / time
- May 9, 1965 at 07:49 AM UTC
- Outcome
- success
- Launch site
- 1/5
- Mission
- Luna-5
- Mission type
- Robotic Exploration
- Orbit achieved
- Lunar Orbit