A wayward part from a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket weighing an estimated four tons and traveling at more than 5,000 miles per hour was expected to have unintentionally crashed into the moon early Wednesday morning in a rare case of a man-made collision with the lunar surface.

On Wednesday, August 5, the high-speed collision of the rocket's upper stage with the moon would carve out a crater. | World News

The impact will not be visible to the naked eye, but photos are expected to come from a lunar satellite at a later time.

Traveling at approximately 5,400 miles per hour, the booster is expected to impact the moon at 2:35 a.m. Wednesday.

A SpaceX rocket stage is set to impact the moon early Wednesday morning. This four-metric-ton object is traveling at high speed toward the lunar surface. Cosmic forces and solar…