Ye-6 series probe designed to land on the Moon. Impacted the Moon due to a ground control error. May 9, 1965 at 07:49 UTC · Launch Successful Molniya 8K78 — Soviet Space Program, to Lunar Orbit 1/5, Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan The world's 434th orbital launch attempt, and 41st of 1965. Program: Luna Data: Launch Library 2, The Space Devs. Image via The Space Devs.