A discarded four-tonne SpaceX rocket, adrift since last year, reportedly crashed into the moon at high speed, creating a new crater without posing any threat to Earth.
Rocket crash to create 60-feet-wide crater (Representational image)
Aug 05, 2026
01:44 pm
What's the storyA four-ton piece of a SpaceX rocket, which has been floating in space since last year, is believed to have accidentally crashed into the Moon.
The collision was not a threat to Earth but was expected to create a new lunar crater.
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