Launched 1975
Failed · FailureLuna 1975A
A flight identified as a Soviet lunar sample return attempt, lost during launch.
- Agency
- Soviet Union
- Destination
- Moon
- Trajectory
- Trajectory unavailable
- Sample Return
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Launched 1972
Failed · FailureSoyuz L3
The fourth test of the Soviet N-1 rocket, carrying the LOK lunar orbital craft intended as the mother ship for a crewed landing.
- Agency
- Soviet Union
- Destination
- Moon
- Trajectory
- Trajectory unavailable
- Orbiter
Launched 1970
Failed · FailureLuna 1970B
A flight tentatively identified as a Soviet lunar orbiter carrying cameras to search for landing sites, lost during launch.
- Agency
- Soviet Union
- Destination
- Moon
- Trajectory
- Trajectory unavailable
- Orbiter
Launched 1970
Failed · FailureLuna 1970A
A flight tentatively identified as a Soviet lunar sample return attempt, lost during launch.
- Agency
- Soviet Union
- Destination
- Moon
- Trajectory
- Trajectory unavailable
- Sample Return
Launched 1969
Failed · FailureZond L1S-2
The second test flight of the Soviet N-1 rocket, carrying a Zond capsule and dummy lander intended for lunar orbit.
- Agency
- Soviet Union
- Destination
- Moon
- Trajectory
- Trajectory unavailable
- Orbiter
Launched 1969
Failed · FailureLuna 1969C
A Soviet lunar sample return attempt carrying a Moonscooper sample apparatus, lost during launch.
- Agency
- Soviet Union
- Destination
- Moon
- Trajectory
- Trajectory unavailable
- Sample Return
Launched 1969
Failed · FailureLuna 1969B
A flight tentatively identified as a Soviet lunar sample return attempt, carrying a Moonscooper sample apparatus.
- Agency
- Soviet Union
- Destination
- Moon
- Trajectory
- Trajectory unavailable
- Sample Return
Launched 1969
Failed · FailureZond L1S-1
The first test flight of the Soviet N-1 rocket, carrying a Zond capsule and dummy lander intended for lunar orbit.
- Agency
- Soviet Union
- Destination
- Moon
- Trajectory
- Trajectory unavailable
- Orbiter
Launched 1969
Failed · FailureLuna 1969A
A Soviet attempt to land a Lunokhod rover on the Moon, lost when its launcher exploded 40 seconds after liftoff.
- Agency
- Soviet Union
- Destination
- Moon
- Trajectory
- Trajectory unavailable
- Rover
Launched 1969
Failed · FailureZond 1969A
A Soviet circumlunar flight intended to fly around the Moon and return to Earth, lost during launch.
- Agency
- Soviet Union
- Destination
- Moon
- Trajectory
- Trajectory unavailable
- Flyby
Launched 1968
Failed · FailureLuna 1968A
A flight tentatively identified as a Soviet attempt to reach lunar orbit, lost before reaching Earth orbit.
- Agency
- Soviet Union
- Destination
- Moon
- Trajectory
- Trajectory unavailable
- Orbiter
Launched 1967
Failed · FailureZond 1967B
A second uncrewed test flight of the Soviet lunar capsule intended for later crewed flights, lost during launch.
- Agency
- Soviet Union
- Destination
- Moon
- Trajectory
- Trajectory unavailable
- Technology Demonstrator
Launched 1967
Failed · FailureZond 1967A
An uncrewed test flight of the Soviet lunar capsule intended for later crewed flights, lost during launch.
- Agency
- Soviet Union
- Destination
- Moon
- Trajectory
- Trajectory unavailable
- Technology Demonstrator
Launched 1966
Failed · FailureLuna 1966A
A flight tentatively identified as a Soviet lunar orbiter attempt, believed lost before reaching Earth orbit.
- Agency
- Soviet Union
- Destination
- Moon
- Trajectory
- Trajectory unavailable
- Orbiter
Launched 1965
Failed · FailureVenera 1965A
An attempted Venus flyby mission NSSDCA carries only on its list of tentatively identified missions and launch failures, describing it as possibly similar to the Venera 2 flyby mission launched two weeks earlier. It is believed the SL-6/A-2-e launcher failed. Its three NSSDCA pages disagree on the date: the two chronologies print 23 November 1965 and the tentative-launches page prints 26 November.
- Agency
- Soviet Union
- Destination
- Venus
- Trajectory
- Trajectory unavailable
- Flyby
Launched 1965
Failed · FailureLuna 1965A
A flight tentatively identified as a Soviet lunar landing attempt, believed lost before reaching Earth orbit.
- Agency
- Soviet Union
- Destination
- Moon
- Trajectory
- Trajectory unavailable
- Lander
Launched 1964
Failed · FailureLuna 1964B
A Soviet lunar landing attempt that failed to reach Earth orbit when its guidance and control system failed.
- Agency
- Soviet Union
- Destination
- Moon
- Trajectory
- Trajectory unavailable
- Lander
Launched 1964
Failed · FailureLuna 1964A
A Soviet lunar landing attempt whose launcher lost thrust when a liquid oxygen valve failed to open fully.
- Agency
- Soviet Union
- Destination
- Moon
- Trajectory
- Trajectory unavailable
- Lander
Launched 1964
Failed · FailureVenera 1964A
A 3MV series Zond planned as a Venus flyby mission, and one of the flights NSSDCA carries only on its list of tentatively identified missions and launch failures. The spacecraft was 3.6 m high and 1.1 m in diameter with a mass of 800 kg, and was a flyby bus only, carrying no probe. It and its SL-6/A-2-e (8K78 Molniya) launcher failed to attain Earth orbit when a frozen pipeline burst at third stage ignition and the stage exploded.
- Agency
- Soviet Union
- Destination
- Venus
- Trajectory
- Trajectory unavailable
- Flyby
Launched 1963
Failed · FailureLuna 1963B
A Soviet attempt to soft-land a Ye-6 lander on the Moon, lost during launch.
- Agency
- Soviet Union
- Destination
- Moon
- Trajectory
- Trajectory unavailable
- Lander
Launched 1960
Failed · FailureLuna 1960B
A Soviet attempt to reach the Moon that was lost during launch; NSSDCA records it only as a tentatively identified flight, 1960B.
- Agency
- Soviet Union
- Destination
- Moon
- Trajectory
- Trajectory unavailable
- Flyby
Launched 1960
Failed · FailureLuna 1960A
A Soviet attempt to reach the Moon that was lost during launch; NSSDCA records it only as a tentatively identified flight, 1960A.
- Agency
- Soviet Union
- Destination
- Moon
- Trajectory
- Trajectory unavailable
- Flyby
Launched 1959
Failed · FailureLuna 1959A
A Soviet attempt to reach the Moon that was lost during launch; NSSDCA records it only as a tentatively identified flight, 1959A.
- Agency
- Soviet Union
- Destination
- Moon
- Trajectory
- Trajectory unavailable
- Impactor
Launched 1958
Failed · FailureLuna 1958C
A Soviet attempt to reach the Moon that was lost during launch; NSSDCA records it only as a tentatively identified flight, 1958C.
- Agency
- Soviet Union
- Destination
- Moon
- Trajectory
- Trajectory unavailable
- Impactor
Launched 1958
Failed · FailureLuna 1958B
A Soviet attempt to reach the Moon that was lost during launch; NSSDCA records it only as a tentatively identified flight, 1958B.
- Agency
- Soviet Union
- Destination
- Moon
- Trajectory
- Trajectory unavailable
- Impactor
Launched 1958
Failed · FailureLuna 1958A
A Soviet attempt to reach the Moon that was lost during launch; NSSDCA records it only as a tentatively identified flight, 1958A.
- Agency
- Soviet Union
- Destination
- Moon
- Trajectory
- Trajectory unavailable
- Impactor