Status
Failure
Ye-8-5 n°402
Launch Time
Sat Jun 14, 1969 04:00 UTC
Sat Jun 14, 1969 04:00 UTC
The Proton-K launcher performed nominally, but the Block D failed to ignite, leading to the failure of the mission
Rocket
Mission Details
Ye-8-5 n°402
The Ye-8-5 is a version of the Ye-8 to drill a small sample of lunar soil and return it to earth. This could be launched in coordination with the L3S. Although not a manned lunar landing, it would provide a Soviet crew in orbit around the moon, and return of lunar soil to earth, nearly matching the Apollo mission. The last chance to upstage the Americans was a combined launch of the N1-L3S and Ye-8-5 before Apollo 11 in July.
Payloads: 1
Total Mass: 5,600.0 kg
Trans Lunar Injection
Location
Site 81/24, Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan
Stats
1969
59th orbital launch attempt
Proton-K
14th mission
5th mission of 1969
8th failed mission