SpaceX Falcon 9 Stage to Hit Moon on August 5 Near Einstein-Bell Craters
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Updated · leonarddavid.com · Jun 25
SpaceX Falcon 9 Stage to Hit Moon on August 5 Near Einstein-Bell Craters
3 articles · Updated · leonarddavid.com · Jun 25
Summary
August 5, 2026, is the projected impact date for a spent SpaceX Falcon 9 upper stage headed for the Moon near the Einstein/Bell crater region by the lunar limb.
The roughly 4-metric-ton rocket body is expected to strike at more than 2 kilometers per second, a hit that could kick up a plume visible to some ground- and space-based observers.
The stage was left over from the January 15, 2025, launch carrying Firefly's Blue Ghost-1 and Hakuto-R Mission 2 lunar landers.
Visibility remains uncertain, but the impact is drawing interest as a rare chance to watch a human-made object slam into the Moon.