Luna-2a Mission

Launch Status

Failure

Date & Time

18 Jun 1959, 8:08am

Location

Baikonur Cosmodrome Launch Site

Baikonur Cosmodrome

Pad

1/5

Launch Service Provider

Soviet Space Program logo

Soviet Space Program

Vehicle

Vostok-L 8K72

Mission

Luna-2a

Mission Type

Lunar Exploration

Destination

Lunar Impactor

Luna E-1 number 5 was a Soviet spacecraft intended to impact the moon but was lost in a launch failure.

Updated: Jan 3, 7:53pm UTC

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