Luna 8 (Ye-6 No.12), a Soviet soft-landing attempt launched on a Molniya from Baikonur LC-31/6; after a successful midcourse correction an airbag puncture spun the craft, the retrorocket fired too late, and it hard-impacted Oceanus Procellarum on 6 December.
- Outcome
- Success
- Orbit
- LO
- Lunar orbit
- Payload to orbit
- 2.2 T (est.)
- Flight
- 33rd
- of 40 Molniya 8K78 flights
- Date and time
- 3 December 1965, 10:46 UTC
- Rocket
- Molniya 8K78
- Builder
- RKK Energia
- Launch site
- 31/6, Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
- Payload
- Lunar Exploration
- International designator
- 1965-099
- Launches in 1965
- 110th of 124
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