Luna E-1A No.1

Luna 1959a, also known under the name Luna E -1A No.1 or No.5 Luna E-1, was a Soviet lunar probe and should be the first spacecraft onto a hard surface on the moon. Since the inertial navigation system of the launch vehicle failed 153 seconds after launch, the spacecraft never reached the All. It was scheduled to launch on the flight to the Moon sodium, which should form from the earth a visible cloud. Thus they wanted to follow the path of the probe.

Although the previous probe Lunik 1 overcame the gravitational field of the earth, but missed the moon. It was not until the following mission Lunik 2 succeeded the hard impact on the moon.

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