Luna-7 Mission

Launch Status

Partial Failure

Date & Time

4 Oct 1965, 7:36am

Location

Baikonur Cosmodrome Launch Site

Baikonur Cosmodrome

Pad

1/5

Launch Service Provider

Soviet Space Program logo

Soviet Space Program

Vehicle

Molniya-M 2BL

Mission

Luna-7

Mission Type

Lunar Exploration

Destination

Lunar Lander

Ye-6 series probe designed to land on the Moon. Impacted the Moon due to a loss of attitude control during the descent towards the surface.

Updated: Feb 15, 11:05pm UTC

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