Luna-3 Mission

Launch Status

Success

Date & Time

4 Oct 1959, 12:43am

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-3

Mission Type

Lunar Exploration

Destination

Lunar flyby

Luna 3 was a Soviet spacecraft and was the first ever mission to photograph the far side of the moon.

Updated: Jan 3, 7:53pm UTC

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