NASA’s Artemis project aims to put humans on the moon for the first time in more than half a century. Japan is slated to take part in this program, providing both astronauts and a rover to aid in ...

1:58 SpaceX rocket stranded, drifting in space, crashes into moon and forms new crater Scientists say parts of a drifting SpaceX rocket crashed on the moon Wednesday morning, marking the conclusion of ...

What happens when part of a rocket weighing 4,000 kilograms hits the moon at about 8,700 km per hour? Thankfully, nothing catastrophic. But it does pose a more long-term issue that has scientists ...

A piece of a SpaceX rocket which has been floating in space since last year was believed to have crashed into the moon at high speed on Wednesday. The event, not visible to the naked eye, is expected ...

In the early hours of Wednesday morning, Aug. 5, the upper stage of a Falcon 9 rocket crashed into the moon in an uncontrolled collision. No damage was caused other than the creation of a new crater ...

The lower stage of the Falcon 9 was landed successfully after the initial mission. Only the upper stage crashed onto the moon. NASA In January last year, SpaceX launched a Falcon 9 rocket with NASA ...

A portion of a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket was predicted to have crashed into the moon on Wednesday, Aug. 5. The rocket part was likely the upper stage from a January 2025 launch that became stuck in an ...

A piece from one of SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rockets crashed into the moon in the early morning of August 5, 2026, a result that wasn’t anticipated when the rocket was launched back in 2025. Scientists ...

A rocket body struck the moon on March 4, 2022, near Hertzsprung crater. It created a double crater roughly 100 feet in its longest dimension. Nasa.gov A spent SpaceX Falcon 9 upper stage slammed into ...

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In August 2026, part of a SpaceX rocket orbiting the moon since January 2025 crashed into the lunar surface, as previously predicted by scientists. Soon after the crashed happened, a video began ...