Zond 6 circumlunar biological spacecraft family
Zond 6 was the Soviet Union’s 1968 circumlunar spacecraft. It completed a circumlunar flight and returned imagery, but reentry and parachute failures destroyed the vehicle and its animal payload, making the mission a partial success.
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Identity
- Aliases
- Zond 6Zond-61968 Zond 6Zond circumlunar spacecraft
- Family Name
- Zond 6
- Full Name
- Zond 6 circumlunar biological spacecraft family
- Roles
- interplanetary_probeflybyresearch
- Status
- retired
- Type
- spacecraft
Details
- Description
- Zond 6 was the Soviet Union’s 1968 circumlunar spacecraft. It completed a circumlunar flight and returned imagery, but reentry and parachute failures destroyed the vehicle and its animal payload, making the mission a partial success.
- First Flight Year
- 1,968
- Last Flight Year
- 1,968
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- Creation Time
- August 13, 2026 at 08:16:15 UTC
- Updated Time
- August 13, 2026 at 08:16:15 UTC