Zond 2
Soviet Mars probe that lost contact before its flyby.
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Zond 2 was a Soviet spacecraft of the Zond program, the sixth Soviet attempt to fly by Mars. Launched on November 30, 1964, it lost communication before reaching the planet. It carried a phototelevision camera, ultraviolet spectrometers, and an infrared spectrometer. It also tested the first successful pulsed plasma thrusters for attitude control.
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