South Korean Satellite Captures Before and After Views of SpaceX Rocket’s Moon Crash - WXXV News 25
KARI said the photos confirm a rare lunar impact, with astronomers estimating the crater is dozens of feet wide and nearly 12 feet deep.
- On Thursday, the Korea Aerospace Research Institute released the first photographs of a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket stage impact site on the Moon, captured by its Danuri orbiter.
- The Falcon 9 upper stage spent more than a year drifting in an unstable orbit after launching in January 2025, with solar activity and gravity gradually altering its trajectory toward the Moon.
- Traveling at around 5,400 mph, the booster carved a crater estimated 60 to 90 feet wide, while the European Southern Observatory detected sodium and lithium plumes confirming the impact.
- Although viral social media videos alleged to show the crash circulated widely, experts confirmed the footage was AI-generated, noting the actual impact was too faint for Earth-based observers to witness.
- NASA expects its Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter to fly over the crash site next week to view the aftermath, as the incident highlights growing concerns about space debris beyond Earth's orbit.
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A SpaceX rocket, the company founded by Elon Musk, crashed into the Moon at a speed of almost 9,000 kilometers per hour, generating an impact with a force equivalent to three tons of TNT, digging a new crater on the surface of our natural satellite. While previous calculations predicted the ... Continue reading "Space images confirm new lunar crater left by SpaceX rocket starred without control" The post Space images confirm new lunar crater lef…
South Korean satellite captures before and after views of SpaceX rocket’s moon crash - WXXV News 25
By MARCIA DUNN CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — A South Korean satellite has captured the first pictures of the moon’s fresh crash scene caused by a stray SpaceX rocket. The Korea Aerospace Research Institute’s Danuri spacecraft flew over the impact site soon after the Falcon 9 upper stage inadvertently plowed into the moon on Wednesday. Danuri made multiple passes, snapping photos from lunar orbit that were released by the space agency Thursday. T…
Scientists Are '100% Certain' a SpaceX Rocket Crashed Into the Moon After Drifting Through Space
Space junk rarely makes headlines after a mission ends. This time, a discarded SpaceX rocket has scientists eagerly searching the moon for the evidence it left behind. A Falcon 9 upper stage that spent more than a year drifting through space is believed to have slammed into the lunar surface late Tuesday, The Hill reported. Researchers say the collision created a brand-new crater and scattered debris across the impact site. Although nobody witne…
The rocket that crashed on 5 August is presented by some specialists as an opportunity to learn more about this satellite. Others denounce an unacceptable incident, which also demonstrates a legal vacuum.
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