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SpaceX Rocket Set to Impact Moon
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket upper stage, launched in January 2025 to deliver lunar landers, is on a collision course with the Moon and expected to impact in August 2025 at approximately 5,400 to 8,700 miles per hour. Scientists are monitoring the event closely as it will be the second known accidental lunar impact by a discarded rocket stage.
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2026-08-06
2026-08-05
- SpaceX rocket crashes into the moon after drifting off course
- Scientists are certain a wayward SpaceX rocket slammed into the moon as predicted
- Scientists are certain a wayward SpaceX rocket slammed into the moon as predicted
- Scientists are certain a wayward SpaceX rocket slammed into the moon as predicted
- Scientists are certain a wayward SpaceX rocket slammed into the moon as predicted
- SpaceX rocket stage crashes into the Moon after 18 months adrift
- ‘Things are going to get a lot busier near the moon’: Elon Musk rocket crashes as predicted
- SpaceX rocket crashes into the moon after drifting off course
- SpaceX rocket slammed into moon as planned, scientists say
- It looks like a SpaceX rocket did slam into the moon (as predicted)
- A SpaceX rocket just crashed into the moon. Now, the race is on to get a look at the impact site
- SpaceX rocket debris believed to have crashed into the moon
- Scientists are certain a wayward SpaceX rocket slammed into the moon as predicted
- Scientists are certain a wayward SpaceX rocket slammed into the moon as predicted
- SpaceX rocket slams into lunar surface
- A SpaceX rocket was on a collision course with the moon. Here’s what to know
- What can scientists learn from a stray SpaceX rocket hitting the Moon?
- What can scientists learn from a stray SpaceX rocket hitting the Moon?
- SpaceX rocket stage believed to have slammed into Moon
- SpaceX rocket ‘slams into the moon’ after drifting through space since last year
- Four-tonne piece of Space X rocket believed to have crashed on Moon
- SpaceX rocket crashes into moon at 8700 kilometres per hour
- Piece of SpaceX rocket believed to have crashed into the moon
- Piece of SpaceX rocket the size of a school bus crashes into the Moon
- One of Elon Musk's discarded SpaceX rockets crashes into the MOON at 5,400mph - producing a blast equivalent to 15,000 sticks of dynamite and carving out a brand new crater
2026-08-04
- Piece of SpaceX rocket to crash into moon at high speed
- A piece of a SpaceX rocket is about to hit the moon
- A piece of a SpaceX rocket is about to hit the moon
- A piece of a SpaceX rocket is about to hit the moon
- A piece of a SpaceX rocket is about to hit the moon
- Discarded SpaceX rocket is on a high-speed collision course with the moon
- Discarded SpaceX rocket is on a high-speed collision course with the moon
- What will happen when a SpaceX rocket collides with the Moon?
- What will happen when a SpaceX rocket collides with the Moon?
- What will happen when a SpaceX rocket collides with the Moon?
2026-08-03
2026-08-01
- Discarded SpaceX rocket is on high-speed collision course with the moon
- Discarded SpaceX rocket is on high-speed collision course with the moon
- Discarded SpaceX rocket is on high-speed collision course with the moon
- Discarded SpaceX rocket is on high-speed collision course with the moon
- A dead SpaceX rocket that’s been adrift for over a year is about to slam into the moon, carving out a new crater with the equivalent of 3 tons of TNT
2026-07-31
- One of Elon Musk's discarded SpaceX rockets will crash into the moon at 5,400 mph next week - and is set to carve out a new crater on the lunar surface
- SpaceX’s Falcon 9 Rocket Is About to Crash Into the Moon—and It Could Be Visible From Earth
- A discarded SpaceX rocket is about to slam into the moon at 5,400 mph
- A discarded SpaceX rocket is on a high-speed collision course with the moon