SpaceX Rocket Crashes on the Moon: Unintended Collision Rocks Lunar Surface
August 5, 2026, marked an unprecedented event in space exploration as a SpaceX rocket, thought to have been drifting in orbit for over a year, made an unintended impact with the moon. The four-tonne piece of a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket, traveling at a staggering 5,400 miles per hour, crashed into the lunar surface early on Wednesday morning. The impact occurred in the Einstein Crater on the moon's western limb, a region difficult for observers from Earth to see clearly. The Unplanned Flight Path: A Timeline of Events The SpaceX rocket, launched in January 2025, was initially part of a...
