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A SpaceX Rocket Is About to Crash Into the Moon at 5,400 MPH. Then What Happens?

You can watch it happen…if you have a high-powered telescope.

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Since January 2025, a big chunk of a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket has been orbiting high above Earth. On August 5, 2026, researchers will finally get the chance to see what happens when a 45-foot piece of rocket ship slams into the Moon.

As detailed by Space, a new preprint study says the impact could become an accidental science experiment that gives astronomers a front-row seat to an event that could be fascinating, could be calamitous, but is for sure worthy of watching with a big bucket of popcorn. For them, at least, since they’re the ones with the high-powered telescopes. It will be a bit harder for you to see it.

The entire Falcon 9 isn’t going to slam into the........

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