Rogue space junk could 'crush future human bases on the Moon' and doom mankind

A runaway SpaceX rocket part smashed into the Moon, sparking expert warnings that future space junk could accidentally destroy planned human lunar settlements

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