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Falcon 9 carrying Firefly's Blue Ghost lunar lander lifts off from Kennedy Space Center on January 15, 2025; that mission's upper stage will hit the moon on August 5, 2026. Photo: DeAnna Murano, U.S. Space Force / Wikimedia Commons, Public domain

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Spent Falcon 9 Upper Stage Will Strike the Moon August 5, and Science Is Ready

Four tons of abandoned SpaceX hardware will hit the lunar surface at 5,400 mph on August 5, and astronomers know almost exactly where and when to look.

31 Jul 2026 ·10 min read

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