Luna 14 was an
unmanned space mission of the
Luna program, also called Lunik 14.
The Luna 14 spacecraft entered
lunar orbit on April 10, 1968. The spacecraft instrumentation was similar to that of
Luna 10 and provided data for studies of the interaction of the Earth and lunar masses, the lunar
gravitational field, the propagation and stability of radio communications to the spacecraft at different orbital positions, solar charged particles and
cosmic rays, and the motion of the Moon. This flight was the final flight of the second generation of the Luna series.
- Launch Date/Time: 1968-04-07 at 10:09:00 UTC
- On-orbit dry mass: 1700 kg