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Paul Byrne
@theplanetaryguy.com

THIS IS WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE WHEN YOU SLAM A ROCKET INTO THE MOON New images just dropped from NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter, showing the crater formed by a SpaceX Falcon 9 upper stage when it hit the Moon on 5 August 2026. The new crater is 18 m across and 3 m deep.

Paul Byrne
@theplanetaryguy.com

This and other images of the impact site were acquired by LRO on 11 August 2026 from a variety of look orientations and directions. The V-shaped ejecta deposit is consistent with an impactor striking the lunar surface at about 30° from horizontal. Read more: lroc.im-ldi.com/images/1499

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