NASA Captures Fresh Moon Crater Linked to SpaceX Falcon 9 Impact
TL;DR
NASA’s Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter captured before-and-after images showing an 18-meter-wide, under-3-meter-deep crater on the Moon created when SpaceX’s Falcon 9 upper stage crashed there during a January 2025 mission to deliver two landers; the predicted impact site was accurately confirmed from diverse viewing angles and timing.
- They've done it. NASA's lunar probe has photographed the crater caused by a SpaceX rocket smashing into the Moon BBC Sky at Night Magazine
- NASA’s LRO Images Falcon 9 Crater on Moon, Learns New Details NASA Science (.gov)
- New images reveal what happened when a SpaceX rocket slammed into the moon CNN
- Before-and-after images show where SpaceX rocket crashed into the moon The Washington Post
- SpaceX Rocket Hits the Moon: Space Debris and What’s Next for SpaceX Stock Barron's
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