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
First Man into Space First Man into Space First Man into Space (working title: Satellite of Blood) is an independently made 1959 British black-and-white science fiction horror film from Amalgamated Films, directed by Robert Day and produced by John Croydon, Charles F. Vetter and Richard Gordon. The film was based on a story by Wyott Ordung. "First Man into Space" starred Marshall Thompson, Marla Landi, Bill Edwards and Robert Ayres, and was distributed by MGM. The plot was developed from a script that had been pitched to and rejected by AIP. U. S. Navy Commander Charles "Chuck" Prescott (Marshall Thompson) is not sure if