P-3 Mission
Launch Status
Failure
Date & Time
26 Nov 1959, 7:26am
UTC
Pad
Space Launch Complex 14
Launch Service Provider
Vehicle
Mission
P-3
Mission Type
Lunar Exploration
Destination
Lunar Orbit
The Pioneer P-1, -3, -30 and -31 series was intended to be a lunar orbiter probe, but the mission failed shortly after launch. The objectives were to place a highly instrumented probe in lunar orbit, to investigate the environment between the Earth and Moon, and to develop technology for controlling and maneuvering spacecraft from Earth.
Updated: Jan 3, 7:53pm UTC
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