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.
Read more:
https://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/nmc/spacecraft/display.action?id=1965-036A
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.
