Luna 8

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Luna 8 was a Soviet Luna program spacecraft launched in 1965 that attempted, but failed, to achieve a soft landing on the Moon.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Luna program probe
Soviet spacecraft
uncrewed lunar lander spacecraft
countryOfOrigin Soviet Union
destination Moon NERFINISHED
epoch early Space Race
failureCause malfunction in landing system
failurePhase descent phase
finalState impacted lunar surface
followedBy Luna 9 NERFINISHED
impactOutcome crash landing on Moon
impactWithSurface Moon NERFINISHED
landingAttemptResult failed soft landing
landingStatus unsuccessful
languageOfProgram Russian
launchCountry Soviet Union NERFINISHED
launchDate 1965-12-03
launchMass approximately 1550 kg
launchRocket Molniya-M NERFINISHED
launchSite Baikonur Cosmodrome NERFINISHED
Baikonur Cosmodrome Site 31/6 NERFINISHED
launchStatus successfully launched
launchVehicle Molniya-M 8K78M NERFINISHED
launchYear 1965
missionGoal achieve first Soviet soft landing on the Moon
missionOutcome mission failure
missionType lunar soft-landing attempt
operator Soviet space program NERFINISHED
operatorType government space agency
partOf Luna program NERFINISHED
periapsisTarget low lunar orbit then descent
powerSource chemical batteries
solar panels
precededBy Luna 7 NERFINISHED
program Luna program NERFINISHED
programCountry Soviet Union NERFINISHED
programObjective uncrewed exploration of the Moon
propulsionType chemical propulsion
scientificDiscipline lunar science
planetary science
spaceAgency Soviet Academy of Sciences NERFINISHED
spacecraftBus Ye-6 NERFINISHED
spacecraftConfiguration descent stage and landing capsule
spacecraftStatus inactive
spacecraftType lunar lander
targetBody Moon NERFINISHED

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