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§ Historical recordUnnamed Luna Ye-8 No.201 rover carrier
First Ye-8 rover launch failed; payload destroyed before reaching the Moon.
- Era
- A (1959-1976)
- Parent mission
- Unnamed Luna (1969-02-19)
- Role
- intended Lunokhod rover lander
- Operator
- Soviet space program
- Nation
- USSR
- Launched (UTC)
- 1969-02-19
- Reached Moon (UTC)
- N/A
- Event type
- lander/rover
- Outcome
- failure
- Site
- No Moon arrival
- Left on surface
- none
- Returned material
- none
- Current status
- destroyed in launch failure
- Operational status (derived)
- unknown
- Source grade
- primary
- Review note
- review:high
Primary source