Lunar 8 was a lunar probe part of the lunar program as you know it was launched on December 3, 1965 with the objective of achieving a soft landing on the Moon but it really wasn’t soft at all. Actually the retrorocket was launched too late and suffered a hard impact on the lunar surface on the “Oceanus Procellarum” (Ocean of storms) the spacecraft spun , losing altitude control and preventing the hard impact. The mission only lasted for only three days not so long , but the mission did complete the experimental testing of its stellar-guidance system. The soviet attempted to achieve a lunar soft landing, which it nearly succeeded. After a successful midcourse correction on december 4. The Luna 8 spacecraft towards the moon without any apparent
