Here Are the First Images of the Crater Left on the Moon by SpaceX’s Rocket

The Korea Aerospace Research Institute shared images that show the gash on the surface. It’s pretty small.

Image of the Moon taken during Nasa's Artemis II mission in April 2026. Nasa In the early hours of Wednesday morning August 5 the upper stage of a Falcon 9 rocket crashed into the Moon in an uncontrolled collision. No damage was caused, other than the creation of a new crater several metres in diameter, but the event

On August 5, SpaceX accidentally slammed a big chunk of a Falcon 9 rocket into the moon. When I wrote about the possibility of this collision last week, the one silver lining was that, hey, at least we’d get to see what happens when a man-made rocket smashes into the moon. The New York Times…

A SpaceX rocket crashed into the moon. New images show the aftermath  usatoday.com

A South Korean satellite has captured the first pictures of the moon’s fresh crash scene caused by a stray SpaceX rocket.

Fresh photos reveal the scars left behind after a SpaceX rocket stage slammed into the moon at a mind-boggling 5,400 mph. South Korea’s Danuri spacecraft captured the first look at the cosmic crash site after making multiple orbits above the freshly carved crater. The Korea Aerospace Research Institute released the bef

A South Korean satellite has captured the first pictures of the Moon's fresh crash scene caused by a stray SpaceX rocket.

The collision poses no danger to Earth but leaves behind a lunar crater.

A South Korean satellite has captured the first pictures of the Moon's fresh crash scene caused by a stray SpaceX rocket, showing noticeably darker terrain.

A South Korean lunar orbiter, Danuri, captured the SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket crash into the moon, when others failed to get the shot.

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — A South Korean satellite has captured the first pictures of the moon’s fresh crash scene caused by a stray SpaceX rocket.

The Korea Aerospace Research Institute’s Danuri spacecraft flew over the impact site soon after the Falcon 9 upper stage ploughed into the Moon.

The collision is a reminder that we’re junking everything we touch

South Korean satellite captures before and after views of SpaceX rocket’s moon crash  Toronto Star

South Korean satellite captures before and after views of SpaceX rocket’s moon crash  AP News

South Korea's space agency has released images that show the Moon after part of a SpaceX rocket crashed into its surface on Wednesday.

Seoul's lunar orbiter captured images of the Moon before and after part of SpaceX's rocket hit its surface on Wednesday.

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket stage crashed into the Moon, creating a new crater and giving scientists a rare chance to study lunar impacts.

A South Korean satellite has captured images of the mark left on the moon when a SpaceX rocket crashed into it on Wednesday.

A discarded SpaceX rocket slammed into the moon late Tuesday night after drifting through space for more than a year, leaving behind what scientists believe is a fresh impact crater and a plume of debris.

South Korea’s first lunar orbiter, Danuri, captured rare before-and-after images of a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket stage striking the moon this week, giving scientists one of their clearest opportunities yet to study how a human-made object alters the lunar surface. The Korea Aerospace Administration said Thursday that the r

In a show of space surveillance strength, a newly launched Chinese satellite tracked a piece of a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket crashing into the moon and captured footage of its impact. No visible plume can be seen in the images that appear to show the moment of impact, which is consistent with what other scientists and tele

Out-Of-Control SpaceX Rocket Slams Into Moon: Scientists  HuffPost

The SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket used in the January 2025 Blue Ghost mission has crashed into the lunar surface.

NEW YORK: Part of a SpaceX rocket approximately the size of a bus slammed into the moon as predicted, scientists said on Wednesday (Aug 5), after a telescope in Chile captured evidence of a stream of debris.The collision, which was not intentional, posed no danger to Earth and is expected to have left a lunar crater in

The first financial report released by Elon Musk’s space and AI firm is having a bigger impact back on Earth

Sodium and lithium gas was detected in a plume thought to span tens of kilometres, created when part of a SpaceX rocket crashed into the lunar surface A telescope in Chile has captured evidence of the impact caused by part of a SpaceX rocket slamming into the moon while travelling at 8,690km/h (5,400mph). The European

A SpaceX rocket has crashed into the Moon, leaving a 100 foot crater  MARCA

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

Experts are concerned by an increase in lunar litter as the United States and China race to return humans to the Moon.

The upper stage of a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket struck the lunar surface on Wednesday near the Einstein crater, in an unplanned impact that NASA described as safe and posing no risk to Earth or to missions operating on the Moon.

One of Elon Musk’s wayward rockets seems to have crashed into the moon, but the Trump administration isn’t worried about it. Part of a SpaceX rocket crashed into the moon Wednesday morning, reportedly with the impact of three tons of TNT. The crash sent up a big cloud of dust and left a new crater on the moon’s surfac

Once imaging is returned, scientists say it will confirm what NASA predicted: that the rocket’s upper stage unintentionally slammed into the moon, carving out a large crater.

Scientists are certain a wayward SpaceX rocket slammed into the moon as predicted  Chicago Tribune

A huge chunk of abandoned Space X rocket is thought to have crashed into the moon - forming a wide crater on the lunar surface.

The rocket drifted in space for over a year before finally plummeting to the moon’s surface.

Although amateur and professional astronomers pointed their telescopes at the impact site, there were no obvious signs of a collision — at least not yet.

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

Parts of a SpaceX rocket reportedly crashed into the Moon on Wednesday

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.

No confirmation yet, but 4-tonne Falcon 9 upper stage was expected to hit the moon early Wednesday morning

A piece of the SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket is believed to have crashed into the moon after floating in space since last year.

The 4-tonne part poses no risk to Earth, but it has revived the debate on space debris ahead of major space exploration missions like Artemis III.

The SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket part is reportedly the second stray piece of junk to slam into the Moon, unleashing a blast equivalent to three tonnes of TNT

A part of a SpaceX rocket is thought to have crashed into the Moon.

'There is no danger to Earth,' said a NASA spokesperson. 'NASA will continue to track the booster for training purposes, as well as later observe the impact site for scientific purposes.'

'There is no danger to Earth,' said a NASA spokesperson. 'NASA will continue to track the booster for training purposes, as well as later observe the impact site for scientific purposes.'

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

A rocket launched last year is thought to have smashed into the lunar surface this morning, creating the moon's newest crater

Part of a SpaceX rocket crashed into the moon, with experts saying that it has altered the moon’s surface forever.

Part of a SpaceX rocket crashed into the moon, with experts saying that it has altered the moon’s surface forever.

Space experts say there is no danger to Earth

The 40ft long Falcon 9 upper stage was left in a 'chaotic' lunar orbit by Elon Musk's SpaceX company following a 2005 US-Japanese mission launched by SpaceX - and has now crashed into the Moon

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