Luna 1960A was the second Soviet attempt to photograph the far side of the Moon. The first being the highly successful Luna 3 mission. Luna 1960A was designed to replicate the Luna 3 mission, but with higher resolution cameras and a closer approach to the Moon. April 15, 1960 at 15:06 UTC · Launch Failure Vostok-L 8K72 — Soviet Space Program, to Lunar flyby 1/5, Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan The world's 62nd orbital launch attempt, and 8th of 1960. Program: Luna Data: Launch Library 2, The Space Devs. Image by Roscosmos (Roscosmos Image Use Policy) via The Space Devs.