Luna 2 also crash land on the Moon in exactly the same way. Crash landing proved useful even after soft landing was mastered. NASA used crash landings to test whether Moon craters contained ice by crashing space probes into craters and testing the debris that got thrown out. The satellite's impact made it the first man-made object to land on another celestial body. "Luna 2" carried 5 different instruments to conduct various tests while it was on its way to the Moon. The scintillation counters would be used to measure any ionizing radiation; the Cherenkov radiation detectors would be measuring for electromagnetic
Luis Alberto Luna Tobar and served until his retirement on February 15, 2000. He died on February 7, 2017. Luis Alberto Luna Tobar Luis Alberto Luna Tobar, (December 15, 1923 – February 7, 2017) was an Ecuadorian prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. Luna Tobar was born in Quito, Ecuador, and was ordained a priest on June 23, 1946, from the Roman Catholic religious order of the Order of Discalced Carmelites. Luna Tobar was appointed auxiliary archbishop of Archdiocese of Quito as well as titular bishop of Mulli on August 17, 1977, and was ordained bishop on September 18, 1977, by Cardinal Pablo Muñoz