Zond 6, a Soviet spacecraft launched to flyby the moon November 10, 1968, was the second probe to reach the moon and return, Zond 5 being the first. Zond 6 reached the moon November 14 taking pictures of the near and far sides.
Zond 6 returned to Earth on November 17 but during re-entry, a faulty gasket caused the spacecraft to depressurize, killing the animals (turtles, wine flies, mealworms, plants, seeds, bacteria) on board. Then its parachutes failed to deploy and Zond 6 crashed in Kazakhstan, near the launch site.
