launched fromUSA

Pioneer 4

Success

MAR 03195905:10:56 UTC

First successful American lunar probe.

First successful American lunar probe.

LIFTOFF

MAR 03 1959

05:10:56 UTC

Success

launched from LC-5 Canaveral

aboard Juno II 4-stage AM-14 into Heliocentric

Payload

Pioneer 4

Lunar exploration