SpaceX Falcon 9 upper stage to crash on Moon near Einstein crater
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Updated · Jalopnik · May 3
SpaceX Falcon 9 upper stage to crash on Moon near Einstein crater
15 articles · Updated · Jalopnik · May 3
Astronomer Bill Gray says the discarded rocket stage from launches carrying Blue Ghost Mission 1 and Hakuto-R Mission 2 will hit on 5 August 2026 at about 5,400mph.
The impact would be an accidental lunar strike after the stage was captured by the Moon's gravity, highlighting growing congestion from discarded spacecraft hardware around Earth and the Moon.
The report says accidental lunar debris impacts are rare but increasing, raising contamination and safety concerns as the US and China pursue sustained Moon missions under weakly enforced space-law rules.
As a rocket nears its lunar crash, how will nations prevent the Moon from becoming a permanent celestial junkyard?
With a rocket set to hit the Moon, is it just trash or a rare chance to study what lies beneath?
Could the growing field of lunar space junk actually become the building material for our future Moon bases?
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