Exploration of the Moon and indeed of human history in general. The first man-made object to reach the Moon was the unmanned Soviet probe Luna 2, which made a hard landing on September 14, 1959, at 21:02:24 Z. The far side of the Moon was first photographed on October 7, 1959, by the Soviet probe Luna 3. Though vague by today's standards, the photos showed that the far side of the Moon almost completely lacked maria. In an effort to compete with these Soviet successes, U.S. President John F. Kennedy proposed the national goal of landing a human on the Moon. Speaking to a
Gabriel Luna father died aged 20, three months prior to Luna's birth. He was raised by his mother in Austin, Texas. Luna attended St. Edward's University, where he made his stage debut as Romeo Montague in a production of William Shakespeare's "Romeo and Juliet". Luna graduated from St. Edward's in 2005. Luna made his screen acting debut as Kristofer Rostropovich in the drama film "Fall to Grace", which premiered at South by Southwest in March 2005. He then provided voice-over work for the science fiction video game "", which was released in November 2007. Luna is a founding member of the Austin-based