Zond 6 was a formal member of the Soviet Zond program, and an unpiloted version of the Soyuz 7K-L1 crewed Moon-flyby spacecraft. It was launched on a lunar flyby mission on November 10, 1968, from a parent satellite (68-101B) in Earth parking orbit.

Nov 14, 2018 · Zond-6: Racing Apollo-8. On Nov. 10, 1968, the USSR launched the eighth prototype of the L1 spacecraft, publicly announced as Zond-6. The spacecraft looped around the Moon and returned to Earth a week later.

Zond (Russian: Зонд, lit. 'probe') was the name given to two distinct series of Soviet robotic spacecraft launched between 1964 and 1970. The first series, based on the 3MV planetary probe, was intended to gather information about nearby planets.

Nov 9, 2018 · Zond 6 launched successfully on Nov. 10, 1968, from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, and after a short time in a low Earth parking orbit, the Proton rocket’s upper stage ignited for a second time to send the spacecraft toward the Moon.

Apr 11, 2025 · Zond 6 was launched on a lunar flyby mission from a parent satellite (68-101B) in earth parking orbit. The spacecraft, which carried scientific probes including cosmic-ray and micrometeoroid detectors, photography equipment, and a biological payload, was a precursor to manned spaceflight.

Dec 21, 2018 · Zond 6, which took off on November 10, did carry out the planned reentry profile and landed in Soviet territory, but the cabin pressurization failed, killing the animal test subjects, and the parachute opened too soon, resulting in a crash landing.

Nov 10, 2018 · Zond 6 was the 13th launch of the Soviet ‘Zond’ space program. This program, started in the early 1960’s and had two distinct eras of different spacecraft. The first of which, used in the initial three launches, was based on the 3MV Planetary Probe.

Jodrell Bank is releasing audio recordings of a Soviet space mission from fifty years ago, just as the race to the Moon was approaching the finish line. On November 10 th 1968, the Soviet Union launched Zond 6. Its mission was to loop around the Moon and return to Earth safely.

Zond 6 was a formal member of the Soviet Zond program, and an unpiloted version of the Soyuz 7K-L1 crewed Moon-flyby spacecraft. It was launched on a lunar flyby mission on November 10, 1968, from a parent satellite (68-101B) in Earth parking orbit.

Zond 6 was launched on a lunar flyby mission from a parent satellite in Earth parking orbit. The spacecraft, which carried scientific probes including cosmic-ray and micrometeoroid detectors, photography equipment, and a biological payload, was a precursor to manned spaceflight.