Moon Milestone Goes Awry: SpaceX Upper Stage Crashes While Blue Ghost Lands

SpaceX appears to have reached the Moon via an unintended route after the Falcon 9 upper stage crashed into the lunar surface at about 5,400 mph, carving a ~60-foot crater near the Einstein and Bell craters, while Firefly Aerospace’s Blue Ghost 1 lunar lander successfully touched down. NASA says the impact poses no danger to Earth. Elon Musk shared a video of the crash. On the business side, SpaceX reported strong Q2 revenue (~$7.81 billion) with a small EPS loss, and forecast $1 trillion in annual revenue by decade’s end, as NASA’s Artemis program remains dependent on SpaceX for lunar presence and Musk reiterates Mars ambitions for the next 5–7 years.