Musk’s Rocket Crashes Into the Moon at 5,400 MPH

Steve Nesius / REUTERS A part of one of Elon Musk’s SpaceX rockets is believed to have smashed into the moon at 5,400 MPH. Researchers predicted that the section of rocket, the upper part of a Falcon 9 spacecraft, would make impact with the lunar surface at 2.35 am Eastern Time. The full spacecraft left Florida in January 2025, loaded with two lunar landers. The rocket section split off and began drifting in space, before being pulled towards the moon. It is the size of a five-story building,…