Abandoned SpaceX Rocket Set to Crash Into Moon Wednesday
Scientists expect the impact to carve a 20- to 30-meter crater and send dust high above the surface, offering a rare chance to study lunar debris.
- On Wednesday, August 5, 2026, a discarded SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket stage will unintentionally impact the moon's western limb near Einstein Crater at 5,400 mph, according to space tracking expert Bill Gray.
- Although SpaceX did not intend for the rocket to strike the moon, experts suggest the collision could have been avoided by directing the upper stage into a solar orbit after completing its mission.
- The 40-foot, 10,000-pound segment will carve a crater nearly 90 feet across and 16 feet deep, packing energy equivalent to three tons of TNT with ejected material visible to telescopes for tens of minutes.
- NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter and South Korea's Danuri lunar orbiter will capture before-and-after images, with Danuri passing within a mile or two of the rocket just two minutes before impact.
- Researchers view the event as an opportunity to study debris hazards for future lunar missions, though retired astrophysicist Jonathan McDowell warned that as lunar bases become common, leaving rockets in chaotic orbits presents long-term issues.
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Miami (USA), 5 Aug (EFE).- A top stage of a SpaceX rocket impacted unplannedly against the lunar surface in the early hours of this Wednesday, confirmed the US space agency NASA. In a video published in X, NASA described the event as a safe and safe event for the Earth or for missions operating on the Moon. The top stage belonged to a launch in 2025 that allowed the deployment of the Blue Ghost One landing module of the US company Firefly Aerosp…
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SpaceX has finally reached the Moon, just not the way Elon Musk planned. A discarded upper stage from a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket slammed into the lunar surface early Wednesday at roughly 8,700 kilometers per hour, or 5,400 mph, ending […] The post SpaceX rocket crashes into the Moon at 8,700 km/h, carving a 100-foot crater first appeared on Tech Startups.
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