A Stray SpaceX Rocket Will Smash Into the Moon at Mach 7 in August, Analyst Says
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Gizmodo
By Ellyn Lapointe
Published April 30, 2026, 11:35 am ET
When SpaceX’s Falcon 9 launched a pair of commercial lunar landers in January 2025, the rocket’s upper stage was supposed to return to Earth. Instead, it got stuck in a highly elliptical orbit, and an astronomer now says it’s going to hit the Moon.
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