A SpaceX Falcon 9 Rocket Hit the Moon and Blasted Open a 60-Foot Crater

A SpaceX Falcon 9 Rocket Hit the Moon and Blasted Open a 60-Foot Crater

A spent rocket stage has punched a new crater into the Moon, giving scientists a rare chance to watch lunar geology unfold almost in real time. NASA’s Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) photographed the fresh impact scar between August 11 and 12, 2026. The crater appeared six days earlier, when the upper stage of a SpaceX [...]

A NASA probe has captured images of the crater created by the impact of SpaceX's Falcon 9 spacecraft on the Moon

Between 11th and 12th August 2026, NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) captured a series of images of a new crater on the Moon created by the impact of SpaceX's Falcon 9 rocket.Animation of two frames showing a new crater, with ejecta rays extending outwards, appearing on the Moon. This is an animation showing the before and after of the crater formed following the impact of the Falcon 9 rocket's upper stage on the lunar surface on 5 Augus…

SpaceX Falcon 9 Booster Slams Into Moon, Leaving Behind a 60-Foot Crater

Image Courtesy: NASA A discarded SpaceX Falcon 9 upper stage has crashed into the Moon, creating a fresh crater roughly 60 feet wide and giving scientists an unusually detailed look at how lunar impacts reshape the surface. NASA’s Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter photographed the newly formed crater between August 11 and 12, six days after the […] The post SpaceX Falcon 9 Booster Slams Into Moon, Leaving Behind a 60-Foot Crater appeared first on Won…