Mission record
Pioneer 0
Also known as Thor-Able 1, Able 1
Department of Defense · Launched
Explore trajectoryFailed · Failure
The first United States attempt to send a spacecraft to the Moon, lost when its Thor-Able launch vehicle failed shortly after liftoff.
- Destinations
- Moon
- Launch vehicle
- Thor-Able
- Launch site
- Cape Canaveral, United States
- Countries
- United States
- Mission types
- Orbiter
Chronology
Mission timeline
Mission architecture
Vehicles
Pioneer 0 · 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
- Pioneer 0 - 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