SpaceX rocket piece 'crashes' into Moon: 4-tonne stage hurtles in at 8,700 kmph

A four-tonne rocket stage hurtled towards the Moon at 8,700 kmph after drifting in space for more than a year.A four-tonne piece of SpaceX rocket debris is believed to have slammed into the Moon at around 8,700 kmph, after drifting through space for more than a year.The impact was not immediately verified by astronomers, who were tracking the event with powerful telescopes and cameras. The crash site lies near the Moon's visible edge, making it difficult to observe from Earth. The confirmation may take hours, according to Reuters.The collision was expected to gouge out a crater roughly 18 metres wide and 4 metres deep, while sending lunar dust and broken rock flying across the surface. The resulting dust plume could extend for miles and may be visible in telescope images, although not to t