Flyby

Zond 6

Unknown

Milestones

17 Nov 1968 End of mission Re-entry and landing in the Soviet Union. NSSDCA Master Catalog and lunar mission pages
10 Nov 1968 Launch Beyond Earth: A Chronicle of Deep Space Exploration, 1958–2016 (NASA SP-2018-4041)

Operator: TsKBEM
Launch: 10 Nov 1968
Programme: Zond
COSPAR: 1968-101A

Sources

Beyond Earth: A Chronicle of Deep Space Exploration, 1958–2016 (NASA SP-2018-4041)Table 1, no. 100 (launch)
WikidataQ265766 (identifiers, Wikipedia links)
Beyond Earth: A Chronicle of Deep Space Exploration, 1958–2016 (NASA SP-2018-4041)Table 1, no. 100: code S; narrative: slow decompression of the capsule, and "the spacecraft plummeted down to the ground and was destroyed" (outcome: sources disagree; status)
Beyond Earth: A Chronicle of Deep Space Exploration, 1958–2016 (NASA SP-2018-4041)no. 113 (Zond 7): "After a spate of partial successes and catastrophic failures, Zond 7 was the first fully successful Soviet circumlunar mission" (outcome: sources disagree)
Deep Space Chronicle: A Chronology of Deep Space and Planetary Probes, 1958–2000 (NASA SP-2002-4524)Master Table p. 185, Zond 6: code S, successful (outcome: sources disagree)
50 Years Ago: On the Way to the Moon (2018)"The partial depressurization caused the loss of the biological payload"; the capsule "hit the ground at a high velocity"; the Soviets "claimed the flight was a successful circumlunar mission" (outcome: sources disagree; status)
NSSDCA Master Catalog and lunar mission pages1968-101A (Wayback capture 2023): "Zond 6 landed in a predetermined region of the Soviet Union" (outcome: sources disagree; status)
NSSDCA Master Catalog and lunar mission pagesSoviet Missions to the Moon: Zond 6, 7 and 8 "returned to Earth where they were recovered" (status)
Chronology of Lunar and Planetary ExplorationZond 6: "Lunar Flyby and Return to Earth" (no outcome category)

Checked on 2026-10-04