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Impactor

Luna E-1A No.1

Launch failure Unknown

Milestones

18 Jun 1959 Launch Beyond Earth: A Chronicle of Deep Space Exploration, 1958–2016 (NASA SP-2018-4041)

Operator: OKB-1
Launch: 18 Jun 1959
Programme: Luna

Further reading

Wikipedia ↗
Wikidata ↗

Sources

Beyond Earth: A Chronicle of Deep Space Exploration, 1958–2016 (NASA SP-2018-4041)Table 1, no. 10 (launch, outcome)
WikidataQ1159855 (identifiers, Wikipedia links)
Beyond Earth: A Chronicle of Deep Space Exploration, 1958–2016 (NASA SP-2018-4041)no. 10, Results: a gyroscope failed at T+153 seconds "and the wayward booster was subsequently destroyed by command from the ground"; the probe's fate is not stated (status)

Checked on 2026-10-04

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