Luna 6 (Ye-6 No.7), a Soviet soft-landing lunar probe. Molniya 8K78 from Baikonur LC-1/5 sent it toward the Moon on 8 June 1965, but a mid-course engine failed to shut down and exhausted its propellant; the probe flew past the Moon by about 160,000 km on 11 June.
- Outcome
- Success
- Orbit
- LO
- Lunar orbit
- Payload to orbit
- 2 T
- Flight
- 27th
- of 40 Molniya 8K78 flights
- Date and time
- 8 June 1965, 07:40 UTC
- Rocket
- Molniya 8K78
- Builder
- RKK Energia
- Launch site
- 1/5, Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
- Payload
- Lunar Exploration
- International designator
- 1965-044
- Launches in 1965
- 50th of 124
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