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SpaceX Booster Crashes Into Moon | Wilmington News
A SpaceX rocket booster, weighing 8,800 pounds, accidentally slammed into the moon after a failed trajectory—blamed on solar activity and gravity—sparking global curiosity. Though launched to carry lunar landers in January 2025, the upper stage veered off course, becoming the largest man-made object to strike the moon in recent memory. Astronomers spotted it first, NASA confirmed the impact with certainty. The crash site, near the lunar south pole, may hold clues about hidden water ice. NASA’s Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter will soon capture before-and-after images to study the moon’s…
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