Luna 8 velocity sufficiently for a survivable landing, "Luna 8" plummeted to the lunar surface and crashed at 21:51:30 UT on 6 December in the west of Oceanus Procellarum. The coordinates of the crash site are . Luna 8 Luna 8 (E-6 series), also known as Lunik 8, was a lunar space probe of the Luna program. It was launched in on December 3, 1965 with the objective of achieving a soft landing on the Moon. However, its retrorocket firing occurred too late, and suffered a hard impact on the lunar surface on the Oceanus Procellarum (Ocean of Storms). The mission did
Luna (footballer) five starts, but cited family reasons for leaving the country. After one year in Mexico with C.F. Monterrey, where he again linked up with his "mentor" Benito Floro, Luna made a surprise return to Scotland with Hibernian. He had a successful first season with Hibs, scoring twice in a UEFA Cup first-round tie against AEK Athens FC (3–2 home win, but 3–4 aggregate exit). Luna had a less successful second year, however, and was allowed to come back to Spain in January 2003, returning to former side Almería where he produced three-and-a-half respectable seasons in the second level. In the