Scientists certain a SpaceX rocket slammed into the moon as predicted after drifting off course

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

While the collision was an accident, it is a unique scientific gift for planetary geologists that could provide important data for future space missions.

NASA is observing the impact of the Moon crash using ground-based telescopes and space-based assets.

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 SPACEX rocket has crashed into the Moon - creating a new crater after one year of drifting in space. Part of the Falcon 9 aircraft is understood to have struck the lunar surface at 5,400mph - with Nasa scientists now expected to study the collision. The Falcon 9 rocket was launched last year, before...

Steve Nesius / REUTERS A part of one of Elon Musk’s SpaceX rockets is believed to have smashed into the moon at 5,400 MPH. Researchers predicted that the section of rocket, the upper part of a Falcon 9 spacecraft, would make impact with the lunar surface at 2.35 am Eastern Time. The full spacecraft left Florida in Janu

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

A SpaceX rocket's upper stage is set to unintentionally crash into the Moon today, a collision that poses no danger to Earth but will leave behind a lunar crater.

A drifting SpaceX rocket will slam into the Moon on Wednesday, with scientists saying the 'impact flash' could be visible from Earth

Collision of Falcon 9 rocket stage offers scientists a chance to study lunar impacts.

Part of a SpaceX rocket will crash into the Moon, with the impact likely to be seen from Earth.

Elon Musk places SpaceX rocket on 5,400mph collision course with moon as Nasa forced to monitor situation  GB News

A SpaceX rocket is on track to crash into the moon on Wednesday at 2:35 a.m. EDT.  The 8,800-pound SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket will collide with the moon at a speed of 5,400 mph, experts say. The impact will create a crater spanning approximately 89 feet, or 27 meters, wide. The crash is expected to…