SpaceX Falcon 9 Debris Strikes the Moon, Creating a New Crater
TL;DR
A four-tonne chunk of SpaceX Falcon 9 second-stage debris crash-landed on the Moon near Einstein Crater, creating a new crater at roughly 8,700 km/h. Orbital observers and NASA’s LRO, along with South Korea’s Danuri, will document the site to study high-velocity cosmic impacts and ejecta; this marks only the second known Moon impact from discarded rocket hardware, highlighting growing concerns about space debris and orbital crowding.
- Piece of SpaceX rocket the size of a school bus crashes into the Moon aljazeera.com
- SpaceX rocket thought to have crashed into the moon in unintentional collision The Guardian
- SpaceX: What can scientists learn from a Falcon 9 rocket hitting the Moon? BBC
- NASA Will Attempt to Observe Rocket Part’s Lunar Impact NASA (.gov)
- A SpaceX Rocket Will Soon Crash Into the Moon The New York Times
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