Luna 5 (Ye-6 No.10), a Soviet soft-landing lunar probe. Molniya 8K78 from Baikonur LC-1/5 launched it toward the Moon on 9 May 1965, but a mid-course spin and engine-firing failure left it unable to brake; it hard-impacted the lunar surface on 12 May.
- Outcome
- Success
- Orbit
- LO
- Lunar orbit
- Payload to orbit
- 2 T (est.)
- Flight
- 26th
- of 40 Molniya 8K78 flights
- Date and time
- 9 May 1965, 07:49 UTC
- Rocket
- Molniya 8K78
- Builder
- RKK Energia
- Launch site
- 1/5, Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
- Payload
- Robotic Exploration
- International designator
- 1965-036
- Launches in 1965
- 41st of 124
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