Overview of the Impact In a dramatic culmination of a high‑energy lunar transfer mission, the second stage of SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket, launched in January 2025, finally collided with the Moon. The impact produced a crater dozens of feet wide and nearly 12 feet (3.6 m) deep—larger than several cars combined. The first images of the crater were released by the Korea Aerospace Research Institute (KARI) using its Danuri lunar orbiter, which operates at an altitude of 62 miles (100 km) above the lunar surface. The event was also confirmed by the Very Large Telescope (VLT), which detected sodium an...
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