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Science & technology | Junk science
The smashup could provide useful data for future lunar inhabitants
Photograph: NASA
Aug 4th 2026|3 min read
IN JANUARY 2025 the upper section of a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launched two lunar landers towards the Moon. But that was not the end of this particular rocket’s contribution to science. That will come on August 5th when it crashes into the Moon’s surface at around 8,700kph (5,400mph).
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