Failed · Failure
A Soviet attempt to reach the Moon that was lost during launch; NSSDCA records it only as a tentatively identified flight, 1959A.
- Destinations
- Moon
- Launch vehicle
- SL-3/A-1
- Launch site
- Tyuratam (Baikonur Cosmodrome)
- Countries
- Soviet Union
- Mission types
- Impactor
Chronology
Mission timeline
Mission architecture
Vehicles
Luna 1959A · 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
- Tentatively Identified Missions and Launch Failures - NASA NSSDCA — 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