An independent astronomer predicts a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket's upper stage will crash into the moon on Aug. 5, 2026, after orbiting Earth for a year.

A 45-foot Falcon 9 booster is reportedly on course to slam into the moon near the Einstein crater at roughly 5,400 mph.

The Falcon 9's upper stage will hit the Moon at seven times the speed of sound. Details here.

A section of a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket used in a January 2025 launch from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida is predicted to crash into the moon on August 5. The prediction comes from an independent ...

SpaceX seems to have mistaken shooting for the moon with shooting at the moon. Forecast to occur on Aug. 5, a five-story-long ...

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launches into space. (Jorge Villalba/iStock/Getty Images Plus) The Moon is constantly accosted by ...

Earth's moon is to be on the receiving end of a spent rocket stage in early August - the leftovers from a SpaceX Falcon 9 launch last year. Firefly's Blue Ghost Mission 1, named Ghost Riders in the ...

CLEVELAND, Ohio — The moon is about to get a new crater, courtesy of a discarded piece of SpaceX rocket hardware. The spent ...

A piece of space debris, a spent SpaceX Falcon 9 upper stage, is speeding toward the Moon and will crash into it. Astronomers ...

Astronomers say the upper stage of a Falcon 9 rocket that launched in early 2025 will strike the Moon later this summer, likely on the near side of the Moon. Bill Gray, who writes the widely used ...