
Mission Details
Mission Name: Luna 5 |
Mission Type: Lunar Impact |
Operator: Soviet Union (Roscosmos) |
Launching State: Soviet Union/Russia |
Location: Copernicus Crater |
Latitude: -1.6 |
Longitude: -25 |
Launch Date: 9 May 1965, 07:49:37 UT |
Landing Date: 12 May 1965, 19:10 UT |
Objects on or Related to Site: Luna 5 |
Image Source: NASA |
Description
Luna 5 was intended to be the first soft landing on the Moon.

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Heritage Consideration
Intended to be the first soft landing on the Moon, the spacecrafts retrorockets failed and the spacecraft made a hard impact on the lunar surface.
Object on or Related to Site
Object Name: Luna 5 | |
Cospar: 1965-036A | |
Norad: N/A | |
Location: -1.6,-25 | |
Launch Date: 9 May 1965, 07:49:37 UTC | |
Landing Date: 12 May 1965, 19:10 UTC | |
Deployment: N/A | |
End Date: N/A | |
Function: N/A | |
Image Source: NASA |
Description
Luna 5, or E-6 No.10, was an unmanned Soviet spacecraft intended to land on the Moon as part of the Luna programme. It was intended to become the first spacecraft to achieve a soft landing on the Moon, however its retrorockets failed, and the spacecraft impacted the lunar surface.
