Mission record
Luna 1
Also known as Mechta, First Cosmic Ship, Ye-1 No. 4
U.S.S.R · Launched
Explore trajectoryCompleted · Partial success
The first spacecraft to reach the vicinity of the Moon and the first to enter heliocentric orbit, though it missed its intended lunar impact.
- Destinations
- Moon
- Launch vehicle
- Modified SS-6 (Sapwood) with 1st Generation Upper Stage
- Launch site
- Tyuratam (Baikonur Cosmodrome), U.S.S.R
- Countries
- Soviet Union
- Mission types
- Flyby
Chronology
Mission timeline
Mission architecture
Vehicles
Luna 1 · Spacecraft
Destinations: Moon
Trajectory record
Trajectory dataset not yet available
No verified trajectory dataset is committed for this mission, so Mission Atlas renders no path.
Provenance
Sources
Each source is listed once and labeled with the mission, event, trajectory, or destination/body context it supports.
Data verified through August 23, 2026
- Luna 1 - NASA NSSDCA Spacecraft Details — NSSDCAArchive · Supports: mission claims · event claims
- Moon Facts — NASAOther · Supports: destination/body context
- Planet Sizes and Locations in Our Solar System — NASAOther · Supports: destination/body context