4 tonne piece of SpaceX rocket smashes into moon

A hefty four-tonne piece from a SpaceX rocket has made its way to the moon, crashing after an eighteen-month journey in the cosmos. This second stage of the rocket hit the western limb at Einstein crater with considerable force. Currently, lunar satellites are on standby to document the impact and examine the debris. M

The object, which is the size of a school bus, is leftover junk from a moon mission in January, 2025

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While there is not yet official confirmation that the Falcon 9 upper stage struck the lunar surface, it had been expected to make impact at approximately 0635 GMT.

A four-tonne piece of a SpaceX rocket is believed to have unintentionally crashed into the Moon on August 5, a collision that posed no danger to Earth but is expected to leave behind a lunar crater. While there is not yet official confirmation that the Falcon 9 upper stage struck the lunar surface, it had been expected

Piece of SpaceX rocket believed to have crashed into the moon  Dawn

A SpaceX rocket piece floating in space since last year was expected to have smashed into the moon at high speed early Wednesday morning, though the impact was unlikely to be confirmed for at least several hours.

Scientists will track stray rocket part striking the Moon to study crater formation and lunar dust from cosmic impacts.

Space experts say there is no danger to Earth

The collision will pose no danger to Earth but will leave behind a lunar crater.

A SpaceX rocket piece floating in space since last year is on track to smash into the moon at high speed early on Wednesday morning. The school bus-sized object is the second stage of a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket that had launched a lunar lander from Firefly Aerospace towards the moon ‌in January 2025. Weighing four tonnes

Piece of SpaceX rocket will crash into the moon Wednesday  Reuters

WASHINGTON, Aug 4 - A SpaceX rocket piece floating in space since last year is on track to smash into the moon at high speed early Wednesday morning.