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4-ton, school-bus-size SpaceX rocket stage crashes into the Moon at 5,400 mph after drifting through space for months. Here’s what scientists hope to learn

A 4-ton SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket stage drifting through space since 2025 was expected to crash into the Moon at 5,400 mph, raising fresh questions about lunar space junk. The school-bus-size rocket stage was expected to slam into the Moon's western limb, potentially kicking up a plume of lunar dust.

The Economic Times · Aug 5

SpaceX rocket set to crash into the moon at seven times the speed of sound — but the 5,400 mph impact is entirely expected, and might even prove useful for NASA

A dead SpaceX upper stage is set to hit the Moon at 5,400 mph. Nobody planned it; everybody saw it coming, and two orbiters will be watching.

TechRadar · Aug 4

3,900-kg SpaceX rocket to smash into the Moon on August 5: When and where to watch the rare impact from the US and Canada, why astronomers are tracking it and what happens next

A 3,900-kg SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket stage is set to slam into the Moon at around 2.43 km/s on August 5, creating a rare lunar impact that astronomers hope to capture. Here’s the exact impact time, where people in the US and Canada may be able to watch, and what…

The Economic Times · Aug 3

A SpaceX rocket will slam into the moon this August. Will we be able to see it?

A spent SpaceX Falcon 9 upper stage is set to impact the moon this August, but experts aren't sure if the crash will be visible from Earth.

Space · Jun 25

A SpaceX rocket is going to hit the moon, scientist says

Part of a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket is likely to crash into the moon this summer, a new report finds. It poses no danger, but it does highlight a worrying trend.

LiveScience · Apr 29

SpaceX rocket debris could slam into the moon: Here's what you need to know

Earth's moon is to be on the receiving end of a spent rocket stage in early August - the leftovers from a SpaceX Falcon 9 launch last year.

Space · Apr 29

Chinese rocket carrying 'undisclosed' object crashed into the moon and left twin craters, study claims

China has denied that one of their rockets crashed into the moon's surface in 2022, leaving mysterious twin craters behind, but new research adds fresh evidence to the debate.

LiveScience · Nov 22, 2023

COUNTERPOINT: Hurricane season forecast to be above normal. So what?

The 2022 hurricane season will be above normal, according to forecasts from Colorado State University’s Phil Klotzbach, the respected student of Bill Gray, who started long-range hurricane forecasts decades ago.

Tribune News Service · Jun 2, 2022

Expert Expects 3 Tons of Space Junk to Hit Moon on Friday

The moon is about to get walloped by three tons of space junk, a punch that will carve out a crater that could fit several tractor-trailers. Low-orbiting space junk is relatively easy to track. Objects launching deeper into space are unlikely to hit anything and these far-flung pieces are usually…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Mar 4, 2022

Space junk on 5,800-mph collision course with moon

Cape Canaveral The moon is about to get walloped by 3 tons of space junk, a punch that will carve out a crater that could fit several semitractor-trailers.

The Hindu · Mar 2, 2022