Status
Failure
E-6 n°5 (Luna 5)
Launch Time
Mon Apr 20, 1964 08:08 UTC
Mon Apr 20, 1964 08:08 UTC
The launch was a failure due to an error on the third stage.
Rocket
Mission Details
E-6 n°5 (Luna 5)
E-6 n°5, sometimes identified by NASA as Luna 1964B, was a Soviet spacecraft which was lost in a launch failure in 1964. It was a 1,422-kilogram Luna E-6 spacecraft, the fifth 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.
Payloads: 1
Total Mass: 1,422.0 kg
Lunar orbit
Location
Site 1/5, Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan
Stats
1964
24th orbital launch attempt
Molniya
19th mission
5th mission of 1964
14th failed mission