Lunar impactor which missed the Moon by 725 km due to an unknown malfunction preventing the spacecraft from receiving power after injection into lunar trajectory. October 18, 1962 at 16:59 UTC · Launch Successful Atlas LV-3 Agena B — United States Air Force, to Lunar Impactor Launch Complex 12, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA The world's 205th orbital launch attempt, and 63rd of 1962. Data: Launch Library 2, The Space Devs. Image by NASA (NASA Image and Media Guidelines) via The Space Devs.