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8,800-Pound SpaceX Rocket Crashes Into the Moon

  • SpaceX shares are set to plummet more than 11 per cent after the company's debut quarterly earnings report sparked investor concern, wiping up to $200bn from its valuation.
  • Extraordinary expenditure on AI-related development is driving investor anxiety, as the company allocated $5.1bn more than anticipated while expenditure growth outpaces revenue growth, said Kathleen Brooks, research director at XTB.
  • The first lockup expiry arrives on Thursday this week, potentially flooding the market with more than 900 million shares held by early insiders whose entry point was significantly below the $130 IPO price.
  • Hargreaves Lansdown senior equity analyst Matt Britzman said "analysts are trying to work out what the business should look like, while Elon Musk is already describing what it might become over the next decade."
  • A disused part of a Falcon spacecraft launched in 2025 crashed into the moon's surface on Wednesday morning, reportedly hitting with the power of three tons of TNT and creating a new crater.
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There are 3,000 artificial objects, or space debris, on the surface of the Moon. According to an expert, the Moon itself is not suffering from the debris, but it can threaten sensitive areas.

·Helsinki, Finland
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Photos show the trail that a part of a SpaceX rocket left on the moon. The object struck at a speed of 8700 km/h. But is that dangerous?Photos show the trail that a part of a SpaceX rocket left on the moon.The object struck at a speed of 8700 km/h. But is that dangerous?

·Hamburg, Germany
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A piece of a SpaceX rocket has crashed into the moon at high speed. New telescope data now provides the first close-up images.

·Berlin, Germany
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"Musk acts as if it is nothing, but meanwhile his rocket is causing damage to the surface of a celestial body."

·Apeldoorn, Netherlands (Kingdom of the)
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8,800-pound SpaceX rocket crashes into the moon

A part of a SpaceX rocket that carried two commercial lunar landers toward the moon in January 2025 crashed into the moon on Wednesday after floating in space for more than one year.

·Mechanicsburg, United States
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The Independent broke the news in London, United Kingdom on Thursday, August 6, 2026.
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