Ye-6 series probe designed to land on the Moon. Lost in LEO due to a launcher upper stage failure. January 4, 1963 at 08:49 UTC · Launch Failure Molniya 8K78 — Soviet Space Program, to Lunar Orbit 1/5, Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan The world's 225th orbital launch attempt, and 1st of 1963. Program: Luna Data: Launch Library 2, The Space Devs. Image via The Space Devs.