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Patches of the moon to become spacecraft graveyards, say researchers
As number of lunar satellites soars, sites will be marked out where defunct hardware can be crash-landed
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Patches of the moon to become spacecraft graveyards, say researchers
As number of lunar satellites soars, sites will be marked out where defunct hardware can be crash-landed
The Falcon 9 stage has now impacted the lunar surface. Astronomers followed its approach until last night; haven't yet seen any reports of anyone detecting the impact flash itself.
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Falcon-9-Einschlag auf dem Mond: Simulationen sagen sichtbare Staubwolke voraus
Am 5. August schlägt eine ausgediente SpaceX-Raketenstufe auf dem Mond ein. Forscher haben berechnet, wo und wie die Trümmerwolke für Teleskope sichtbar wird.
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LIVE: SpaceX launches another batch of Starlink satellites | REUTERS
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¿Cómo quedó la Luna tras el impacto del Falcon 9 de SpaceX y qué dejó?
Una etapa del Falcon 9 dejó una nueva cicatriz en la Luna y las primeras imágenes muestran cómo cambió su paisaje lunar tras el gran impacto.
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Місячний кратер від SpaceX знайшли: Корейський зонд Danuri зафіксував наслідки падіння Falcon 9
Південнокорейська місячна орбітальна станція Danuri виявила остаточне місце спочинку ракетного блоку SpaceX, який врізався в природний супутник Землі. Апарат, офіційно відомий як Korea Pathfinder Lunar Orbiter, зробив детальні фотографії кратера, утвореного внаслідок потужного удару верхнього ступеня Falcon 9, що стався вранці 5 серпня 2026 року. Читайте також: AERONAUT – про все, що літає вище землі: авіація, […] Post Місячний кратер від SpaceX знайшли: Корейський зонд Danuri зафіксував наслідки падіння Falcon 9 at Root-Nation.com.
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A Stray Rocket Hit the Moon at 5,400 mph. Telescopes Read the Crash’s Chemistry - 1ban.news
For nineteen months, a discarded Falcon 9 upper stage tumbled through a chaotic, moon-crossing orbit. The 3,600-kilogram (four-ton) piece of space hardware had finished its real job in January 2025, when it delivered two lunar landers toward the Moon. On August 5, 2026, it finished the job it never meant to do. At 06:35 UTC,
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Falcon9 sends up debris plume! #falcon9 #moonstrike
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SpaceX rocket crashes into Moon: What happened and what scientists found: A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket stage crashed into the Moon, creating a new crater and giving scientists a rare chance to study lunar impacts. #SpaceX #MoonCrater #Falcon9 #LunarImpact #SpaceExploration
The Korea Pathfinder Lunar Observatory (Danuri) has just imaged the location where a Falcon 9 rocket stage hit the Moon and created a small new impact crater. 🔭🧪
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‘Spectral lines’ and a giant plume: what science saw when the SpaceX rocket hit the moon
Sodium and lithium gas was detected in a plume thought to span tens of kilometres, created when part of a SpaceX rocket crashed into the lunar surface
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SpaceX Rocket Stage Crashes Into Moon at 5,400 MPH, Triggering Chemical Plume
Astronomers using the Very Large Telescope in Chile have confirmed that a four-ton SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket stage struck the lunar surface at 5,400 mph,
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