Status
Failure
E-6 n°6
Launch Time
Sat Mar 21, 1964 08:15 UTC
Sat Mar 21, 1964 08:15 UTC
The launch was a failure due to an error on the third Block I stage.
Rocket
Mission Details
E-6 n°6
Luna E-6 n°6, sometimes identified by NASA as Luna 1964A, was a Soviet spacecraft which was lost in a launch failure in 1964. It was a 1,422-kilogram Luna E-6 spacecraft, the fourth of twelve to be launched, 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.
Prior to the release of information about its mission, NASA correctly identified that it had been an attempt to land a spacecraft on the Moon.
Payloads: 1
Total Mass: 1,422.0 kg
Low Earth Orbit
Location
Site 1/5, Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan
Stats
1964
16th orbital launch attempt
Molniya
16th mission
2nd mission of 1964
12th failed mission