Debris plume suggests SpaceX rocket did slam into the moon — as predicted

A SpaceX rocket that launched a pair of lunar landers slammed into the moon as predicted on Wednesday, scientists reported, after drifting off course for the past year.

The impact wasn't visible to the naked eye, but photos are expected to come from a lunar satellite at a later time.

Scientists say they're certain that a SpaceX rocket has slammed into the moon as predicted. The 5,400-mph crash has yet to be officially confirmed. But space-tracking experts say it's inevitable that the leftover rocket segment plowed into the moon on Wednesday after drifting off course for the past year.

Scientists say they're certain that a SpaceX rocket has slammed into the moon as predicted

Scientists say they're certain that a SpaceX rocket has slammed into the moon as predicted

Scientists are certain a wayward SpaceX rocket slammed into the moon as predicted  AP News

NASA scientists were verifying that a stray 8,800-pound section of a SpaceX rocket launched in January 2025 had crashed into the surface of the moon.

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. The school-bus-size object is the second stage of a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket that had launched a lunar lande

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

NewsWorld NewsSpaceThe impact is expected to be seven times the speed of sound15:06, 04 Aug 2026A rocket that has been left drifting in space for over a year is set to collide with the Moon on Wednesday (August 5), carving out a crater and sending up a plume of dust and rubble that skygazers are eager to witness.‌The S

New crater likely to form after SpaceX rocket slams into the moon  CNN

A defunct part of a Falcon 9 rocket could slam into the moon at more than 5,000 miles per hour, according to scientists.