S. Korea’s Danuri captures rare images of SpaceX rocket crashing into moon

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

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

Piece of SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket weighing four tonnes will hit the lunar surface on Wednesday at 5,400 miles per hour A four-tonne piece of a SpaceX rocket that has been floating in space since last year is set to unintentionally crash into the moon at high speed on Wednesday, a collision that poses no danger to Earth b

On Wednesday, August 5, the high-speed collision of the rocket's upper stage with the moon would carve out a crater.