Gizmodo.com April 30, 2026 • 15:35

A Stray SpaceX Rocket Will Smash Into the Moon at Mach 7 in August, Analyst Says - Gizmodo

By Ellyn Lapointe

A Falcon 9 upper stage has been stuck in a highly elliptical Earth orbit for over a year—and now it's on a collision course with the Moon.

When SpaceX’s Falcon 9 launched a pair of commercial lunar landers in January 2025, the rocket’s upper stage was supposed to return to Earth. Instead, it got stuck in a highly elliptical orbit, and a… [+3688 chars]

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A Stray SpaceX Rocket Will Smash Into the Moon at Mach 7 in August, Analyst Says - Gizmodo

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