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
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