Part of a SpaceX Rocket Is Going to Collide With the Moon

A part of the rocket is expected to land on the moon.

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The booster from the Falcon 9 rocket has been floating around space since 2015, and is projected to collide with the moon in March. The event is interesting, but it is nothing to worry about.

For those asking: yes, an old Falcon 9 second stage left in high orbit in 2015 is going to hit the moon on March 4. It's interesting, but not a big deal.

— Jonathan McDowell (@planet4589) January 25, 2022

The moon doesn't have a thick enough atmosphere to cause such an effect as objects colliding with Earth tend to burn. Another crater is most likely to be created by the part from the SpaceX company.

The Falcon 9 flight record was broken by the company.

This is not the first time an object from Earth has hit the moon. Bill Gray, owner of Projectpluto.com, said that in 2009, NASA sent a rocket booster to collide with the moon in order to inspect the lunar polar region. The space part of the Falcon booster isn't going to land in an area of particular interest, but Gray calls it a "free" LCROSS.

Gray wrote in a post dedicated to the object that he was rooting for a lunar impact. We would have to get very lucky for that, and the level of luck would have to increase.

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