Status
Launch Successful
The launch vehicle successfully inserted its payload(s) into the target orbit(s).
Description
Luna 1 was the first spacecraft to reach the vicinity of the Earth's Moon. Intended to be an impactor it was launched as part of the Soviet Luna programme. Due to an incorrectly timed upper stage burn during launch it missed the Moon.
Details
Type
Lunar Exploration
Orbit
Lunar Impactor (Lunar Impactor)
Location
Unknown
Date
Fri, Jan 2, 1959, 16:41
Weather
Pro