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After the success of Luna 3, the Soviets developed a new spacecraft designed to deliver a capsule to the lunar surface using the rough landing technique. Luna 4 was launched at 08:16 GMT on 2 April 1962, and after cruising in parking orbit it set off for the Moon. After an ineffective midcourse manoeuvre, the 1,422-kg vehicle made a flyby at 13:25 on 5 April at a range of 8,500 km and passed into solar orbit. After several further failures, the Soviet Union conducted a deliberate flyby mission.
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Harland, D.M. (2009). Soviet activity. In: Paving the Way for Apollo 11. Springer Praxis Books. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-68132-0_8
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