Christmas Island receives an odd gift: a crashed SpaceX rocket

Christmas Island receives an odd gift: a crashed SpaceX rocket  The Times

A Nasa spacecraft circling the moon is providing the sharpest views yet of the crater carved by a crashing SpaceX rocket

A Christmas Island resident was surprised to find the massive piece of debris floating off the coast.

The rocket's arrival at the remote island caused a stir among the locals.

Footage streamed by SpaceX shows the moment Elon Musk’s 52-metre Starship Flight 13 landed in the Indian Ocean west of Australia. The rocket landed in the ocean on 24 July. Nearly four weeks later, it was recovered off the coast of Christmas Island Continue reading...

An operation by Elon Musk's SpaceX and the federal government successfully retrieves the rocket after it landed in the Indian Ocean off the coast of Western Australia.

Scientists from the US space agency determined the crater was 60-feet-wide (18 meters), and less than 10 feet deep, based on the length of its shadow.

Elon Musk’s SpaceX had faced difficulties retrieving the 52-metre-long spacecraft which had sat in the Indian Ocean for almost a month.

Elon Musk’s SpaceX had faced difficulties retrieving the 52-metre-long spacecraft which had sat in the Indian Ocean for almost a month.

A defunct part of a Falcon 9 rocket crashed into the moon uncontrolled this month at an estimated 5,400 mph. Now NASA has photos.

The back-to-back launches Saturday night beat SpaceX's previous record, set in August 2024, by 27 minutes