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SpaceX Rocket Crashes on the Moon | Birmingham News
NASA just spotted a fresh crater on the Moon — not from an asteroid, but from a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket that crashed there on August 5th. Found days later by the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter, this wasn’t just NASA’s discovery; amateur astronomers and space trackers teamed up using public data to pinpoint the crash site, turning it into a real-world test for orbital prediction tools. The rocket, part of a January mission carrying lunar landers, had been drifting since its job was done — too fast to return safely — until it finally slammed into the Moon at 2:35 AM Eastern time. It’s a vivid…
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