Tags: Artificialsatellite, Satellite.
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).
