Here Are the First Images of the Crater Left on the Moon by SpaceX’s Rocket
Jorge GarayScienceAug 8, 2026 8:00 AMHere Are the First Images of the Crater Left on the Moon by SpaceX’s RocketThe Korea Aerospace Research Institute shared images that show the gash on the surface. It’s pretty small.This is the clearest photo to date of the collision involving a part of the Falcon 9 rocket. On the right, the same lunar site, hours after the impact.
- ▪Jorge GarayScienceAug 8, 2026 8:00 AMHere Are the First Images of the Crater Left on the Moon by SpaceX’s RocketThe Korea Aerospace Research Institute shared images that show the gash on the surface.
- ▪It’s pretty small.This is the clearest photo to date of the collision involving a part of the Falcon 9 rocket.
- ▪On the right, the same lunar site, hours after the impact.
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Jorge GarayScienceAug 8, 2026 8:00 AMHere Are the First Images of the Crater Left on the Moon by SpaceX’s RocketThe Korea Aerospace Research Institute shared images that show the gash on the surface. It’s pretty small.This is the clearest photo to date of the collision involving a part of the Falcon 9 rocket. On the left, the moon in 2015. On the right, the same lunar site, hours after the impact. There are traces of scattered material.Photograph: Korea Aerospace Research InstituteCommentLoaderSave StorySave this storyCommentLoaderSave StorySave this storyThe first images of a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket stage impact on the moon’s surface have emerged.The Korea Aerospace Research Institute shared the first photographs captured by its lunar orbiter.
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