A SpaceX Falcon 9 Rocket Hit the Moon and Blasted Open a 60-Foot Crater

A spent rocket stage has punched a new crater into the Moon, giving scientists a rare chance to watch lunar geology unfold almost in real time. NASA’s Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) photographed the fresh impact scar between August 11 and 12, 2026. The crater appeared six days earlier, when the upper stage of a SpaceX [...]