A rocket launched last year is thought to have smashed into the lunar surface on 5 August, creating the moon’s newest crater.
The craft is the upper stage of a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket that launched in January last year carrying the Hakuto-R spacecraft from commercial company ispace – which, ironically, also crashed into the moon during an unsuccessful landing attempt.
Astronomers around the world trained their telescopes on the predicted site of the impact in the hope of capturing images and eking some useful science out of the accidental collision.
Learn more: https://www.newscientist.com/article/2583318-spacex-rocket-crashes-into-moon-at-8700-kilometres-per-hour/
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