Luna-24a Mission

Launch Status

Failure

Date & Time

16 Oct 1975, 4:04am

Location

Baikonur Cosmodrome Launch Site

Baikonur Cosmodrome

Pad

81/23 (81L)

Launch Service Provider

Soviet Space Program logo

Soviet Space Program

Vehicle

Proton-K/D-1 image

Proton-K/D-1

Mission

Luna-24a

Mission Type

Lunar Exploration

Destination

Lunar Lander

Lunar lander and sample return probe. Lost due to a launch vehicle failure.

Updated: Feb 15, 11:07pm UTC

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