Failed · Failure
A Soviet attempt to land a Lunokhod rover on the Moon, lost when its launcher exploded 40 seconds after liftoff.
- Destinations
- Moon
- Launch vehicle
- SL-12/D-1-e
- Launch site
- Tyuratam (Baikonur Cosmodrome)
- Countries
- Soviet Union
- Mission types
- Rover
Chronology
Mission timeline
Mission architecture
Vehicles
Luna 1969A · 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 24, 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