# SpaceX’s rocket trashes the moon

- Link: https://www.widthness.com/spacexs-rocket-trashes-the-moonspacexs-rocket-trashes-the-moon/
- Published: 2026-08-07T09:45:00-05:00
- Author: Curated by John Wysocki

Image: Earthset captured through the Orion spacecraft window at 6:41 p.m. EDT, April 6, 2026, during the Artemis II crew’s flyby of the Moon. Image Credit: NASA. Article by Troy Farah. Salon – August 6, 2026. The moon has a brand new crater as of Wednesday, thanks to a rogue SpaceX rocket that crashed into Earth’s nearest neighbor at 5,400 miles an hour. Originally part of a 2025 mission to launch a pair of lunar landers for U.S. and Japanese companies, the rocket was supposed to fall back to Earth. Instead, it strayed off course and eventually reached its final resting place on the moon’s surface. […] Click here to view original web page at www.salon.com Related articles: One lucky orbiter caught the SpaceX rocket crash site on moon – Mashable SpaceX Achieves Its First Moon Landing by Accidentally Crashing Into It at 5,400 Miles Per Hour, Causing Huge Explosion and 60-Foot Crater – Futurism South Korean satellite captures before and after views of SpaceX rocket’s moon crash – AP News Curated by John Wysocki Chief Technical Officer See Full Bio