South Korean Satellite Captures Before and After Views of SpaceX Rocket’s Moon Crash
Danuri captured before-and-after images of the crater, helping scientists study ejecta spread and terrain changes after the 4,000-kilogram impact.
- On August 6, The Korea AeroSpace Administration released images from its Danuri orbiter identifying the SpaceX Falcon 9 impact site near Einstein crater following the August 5 collision.
- The impactor, designated 2025-010D, was a Falcon 9 second stage launched from Kennedy Space Center on January 15, 2025, carrying Firefly Aerospace's Blue Ghost Mission and ispace's HAKUTO-R Mission.
- Danuri's Lunar Terrain Imager and PolCam observed the site from approximately 350 km away, capturing data researchers are analyzing to determine crater morphology and surface reflectance changes.
- SpaceX stated impacts "can happen with objects in these types of orbits," while NASA boss Jared Isaacman noted that meteoroid strikes occur on the lunar surface roughly every six days.
- As lunar traffic increases, Neuraspace boss Chiara Manfletti advocates for designated dumping grounds on the Moon to prevent uncontrolled debris buildup in cislunar space.
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SATIRE NEWS: SpaceX Rocket Crashes Into Moon
The discarded upper stage of a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket crashed into the moon after drifting off course over the past year, an event that has highlighted the importance of managing space debris. What do you think? “Brush it under Neptune. No one will ever know.” Joey Ettinger, Scarf Knotter “Moon can’t take a punch?” Oliver Straubie, Paperwork Gatherer “No wonder my period’s been so fucked up.” Luna Blum, Seed Seller Source link Source
On Wednesday, August 5, 2026, at 8:34 AM CEST, the upper stage of SpaceX's Falcon 9 rocket, after eighteen months of uncontrolled travel between the Earth and the Moon, touched down on the lunar surface near Einstein Crater on the western edge of the Moon's far side.
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South Korean satellite spots SpaceX lunar impact
The race for the first before-and-after images of the spent SpaceX rocket on the Moon has been won by the South Korean space agency. The Korean Aerospace Administration (KASA) posted imagery from its Danuri lunar orbiter showing the impact site on the Moon on August 6. The impact was predicted to occur on August 5, and marked a landing on the Moon for SpaceX several years ahead of schedule, just without humans onboard and traveling a good deal f…
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