Status
Failure
E-6 n°2 (Luna 4)
Launch Time
Sun Feb 03, 1963 09:29 UTC
Sun Feb 03, 1963 09:29 UTC
First probe aiming to land on the Moon. The launch was a failure due to an error on the Block L stage.
Rocket
Mission Details
E-6 n°2 (Luna 4)
E-6 n°2 was a Soviet spacecraft which was lost in a launch failure in 1963. It was a 1,422-kilogram Luna E-6 spacecraft, the second of twelve to be launched, and the second consecutive launch failure. It was intended to be the first spacecraft to perform a soft landing on the Moon, a goal which would eventually be accomplished by the final E-6 spacecraft, Luna 9.
Payloads: 1
Total Mass: 1,422.0 kg
Lunar orbit
Location
Site 1/5, Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan
Stats
1963
4th orbital launch attempt
Molniya
12th mission
2nd mission of 1963
10th failed mission