SpaceX Rocket Debris Hits Moon, NASA Investigates Unconfirmed Impact
At a glance
- A defunct SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket part was expected to hit the moon.
- Scientists have not yet visually confirmed the impact.
- NASA has reportedly initiated an investigation.
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A piece of a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket, which had been floating in space since last year, was projected to crash-land into the moon. The object, described as the size of a school bus and weighing 4 metric tons, was the second stage of a rocket that launched a lunar lander in January 2025. It was expected to strike Einstein Crater on the moon’s western limb around 2:35 a.m. ET (0635 GMT) at a speed of 5,400 miles per hour. Astronomers had determined that solar activity and gravity had pushed the uncontrolled space junk onto a collision course with the moon.
Latest development
A defunct part of a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket was expected to hit the moon's surface on Wednesday morning. However, scientists have not yet visually confirmed this impact. NASA has reportedly started an investigation into the incident.
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A defunct part of a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket was expected to hit the moon's surface on Wednesday morning. However, scientists have not yet visually confirmed this impact. NASA has reportedly started an investigation into the incident.
Reports confirm that a piece of a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket has crash-landed into the moon, as was previously anticipated.
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اسپیس ایکس کے راکٹ کا ملبہ چاند سے جا ٹکرایا، ناسا نے تحقیقات کا آغاز کردیا
اسپیس ایکس کے فالکن 9 راکٹ کا ناکارہ حصہ بدھ کی صبح چاند کی سطح سے ٹکرانے کا امکان ظاہر کیا گیا ہے .تاہم سائنسدانوں نے ابھی تک اس ٹکراؤ کی بصری تصدیق نہیں کی۔
Piece of SpaceX rocket believed to have crashed into the moon
WASHINGTON: 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 objec
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