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Luna-5
Launch SuccessfulLaunch Details
Date: 9 May 1965, 07:49 am UTC
Rocket: Molniya 8K78 (R-7)
Provider: Soviet Space Program
Mission
Type: Robotic Exploration
Orbit: Lunar Orbit
Pad: 1/5, Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
Mission Description
Ye-6 series probe designed to land on the Moon. Impacted the Moon due to a ground control error.