launched fromUSA

Pioneer 4

Name: Pioneer 4
Start: 1959-03-03T00:00:00Z
Location: Canaveral

Success

MAR 03195900:00:00 UTC

First successful American lunar probe.

LIFTOFF

MAR 03 1959

00:00:00 UTC

Success

launched fromLC-5Canaveral

aboardJuno IIAM-14intoOther

Payload

Lunar orbiter