SpaceX Rocket Hits Moon | Mesa News

Mesa News Today | 2 Min News | The Daily News Now! · Aug 19, 2026 · 1m

NASA just released stunning new images of a fresh crater on the Moon — and it’s not natural. It’s the crash site of a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket stage that veered off course on August 5th, slamming into the lunar surface with the force of three tons of TNT. Originally launched in January 2025 to carry two lunar landers — one from Firefly Aerospace (which succeeded) and another from Japan (which crashed) — this upper stage was never meant to end up on the Moon. Captured by NASA’s Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter, the crater is about 60 feet wide and less than 10 feet deep. This rare event underscores…