It happened, folks. The dead SpaceX rocket stage we wrote about last week really did hit the Moon. At about 06:35 UTC on August 5, 2026, the spent upper stage of a SpaceX Falcon 9 slammed into the ...

A piece of a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket is expected to crash into the Moon, and it's one of those rare space events that's getting people talking. Get breaking news anytime, anywhere. Download the TOI app ...

Amateur and professional astronomers pointed their telescopes at the impact site. Most did not detect anything. By Kenneth Chang Update, Aug. 6 — Although no one on Earth appears to have been able to ...

A portion of a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket is expected to crash into the moon in the early morning hours of Wednesday, Aug. 5. The rocket's upper stage has likely been stuck in orbit since launching a ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Predicated as early as April, the lunar crash had for months attracted considerable attention from astronomers and the general ...

A portion of a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket was predicted to have crashed into the moon on Wednesday, Aug. 5. The rocket part was likely the upper stage from a January 2025 launch that became stuck in an ...

A roughly five-ton piece of a SpaceX rocket that sent two lunar landers to the moon is about to join them, but not on purpose. On Aug. 5 at around 2:34 a.m. ET, the upper stage of a discarded Falcon 9 ...