Spent SpaceX Rocket Expected to Collide with Moon
A spent SpaceX rocket is projected to collide with the Moon next week, an event experts are tracking due to its unusual nature. The collision involves a Falcon 9 rocket booster that has been in space for seven years.
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SpaceX rocket to hit the Moon? Date, impact details and why experts are tracking it
A drifting SpaceX rocket stage will crash into the Moon, creating a significant crater and dust plume.
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Collision Next Week: Spent SpaceX Rocket Set To Slam Into Moon A spent SpaceX Falcon 9 upper stage is forecast to slam into the moon near Einstein Crater early Wednesday morning, potentially producing the first impact plume observed from Earth against the lunar surface's sunlit side. William Jo, a doctoral candidate at the University of Texas at Austin's Cockrell School of Engineering, and five co-authors posted a preprint to arXiv detailing the expected lunar impact of the spe...
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