Before-and-after NASA images show crater carved by a SpaceX rocket that slammed into the moon

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Before-and-after NASA images show crater carved by a SpaceX rocket that slammed into the moon
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Between Aug. 11–12, NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) captured a series of images of a new crater on the moon. The crater formed Aug. 5, when a SpaceX Falcon 9 upper stage impacted the surface following its Jan. 2025 launch of the Firefly Blue Ghost 1 mission.
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SpaceX rocket leaves moon crater wider than NBA basketball court
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NASA spots new crater on the moon created when a SpaceX rocket crashed
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New images from a NASA satellite orbiting the moon reveal a fresh, 60-foot-wide crater formed by a wayward SpaceX rocket that slammed into the lunar surface earlier this month. https://cnn.it/4wHfsDz
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Before and after photos show impact of SpaceX rocket that slammed into Moon - ABC News & Headlines
The Register center
NASA estimates the size of the hole SpaceX made in the moon
The Independent left
Nasa images show crater left by SpaceX rocket that slammed into the Moon
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Nasa captures images of Moon crater caused by SpaceX debris
Open Access Government
NASA’s LRO captures new crater from Falcon 9 impact on Moon
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NASA has released images of a new crater on the moon after part of a rocket launched by Elon Musk’s SpaceX crashed into its surface this month. The rocket slammed into the moon at about 5,400 mph.
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NASA Images Show Aftermath Of SpaceX Falcon 9 Slamming Into The Moon
Space.com
NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter has spotted the crater gouged out on the moon by a SpaceX rocket on Aug. 5, finding it to be about 60 feet (18 meters) wide.
Space
A SpaceX rocket slammed into the moon this month — and a NASA spacecraft has spotted its lunar grave (photos)
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SpaceX rocket debris leaves new crater on Moon
AOL.com
NASA locates rocket impact site on the Moon