SpaceX Booster Hits Moon
A drifting SpaceX rocket booster is on course to crash into the moon this week.
August 4, 2026 · Updated Aug 4, 8:16pm ET
CNNNew crater likely to form after SpaceX rocket slams into the moon
CBS NewsSpaceX rocket booster is on a 5,400-mph collision course with the moon, expected to leave crater 16 feet deep
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The GuardianSpaceX rocket hours away from crashing into the moon in unintentional collision
Space.comA 9,000-pound SpaceX rocket will crash into the moon tonight. Will you be able to see it?
Deseret NewsA SpaceX rocket part has been drifting through space. Now it’s about to hit the moon
Scientific AmericanA SpaceX rocket is about to hit the moon—these videos show what could happen
The HillSpace X rocket on course to crash into the moon
NewsmaxPiece of SpaceX Rocket Will Crash Into the Moon Wednesday
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What happened
A discarded SpaceX Falcon 9 second stage is expected to strike the moon around 2:35 a.m. ET Wednesday, hitting the lunar surface at about 5,400 mph. The roughly 4-metric-ton, school-bus-size rocket body launched January 15, 2025, carrying Firefly AerospaceFirefly Aerospaceprivate aerospace firm based in US’s Blue Ghost lander and IspaceIspace Incprivate Japanese company developing robotic spacecraft technologies’s Resilience lander before being left in space. The impact poses no danger to Earth but is expected to excavate a new crater near Einstein Crater and could loft debris for scientific observation.
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