Welp, Nobody Saw SpaceX’s Falcon 9 Rocket Crash Into the Moon

Although no one captured a direct image of the impact, scientists have detected signals confirming the rocket hit the lunar surface. Orbiters could provide the first images of the crash site in the coming days.

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.

ALMOST four tonnes of SpaceX hardware has slammed into the lunar surface. A disused Falcon 9 rocket stage, which spent over a year drifting through space, "completed" its accidental mission on Wednesday, August 5. Has the SpaceX rocket hit the Moon? The SpaceX rocket stage is expected to have hit the Moon at approximat

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

The impact will occur on the side of the Moon facing Earth and could raise a cloud of dust and rock fragments that may remain visible through sensitive telescopes for several minutes.